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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Small businesses in the Philippines said the nation&#x27;s ongoing heatwave has severely impacted their earnings, as the state weather agency on Monday (April 29) forecast temperatures in the capital region could reach 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in the next three days.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">School gates remained shut in Manila on Monday as the government canceled in-person public school classes for the next two days. &quot;Who will buy from us if there are no students?&quot; asked Reynilo Santos, who runs a shop that sells stationary to students.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/29/philippine-students-learn-about-climate-change-the-hard-way-1005"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/29/philippine-students-learn-about-climate-change-the-hard-way-1005">READ: Philippine students learn about climate change the hard way</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reynato Cervantes, who makes a living driving a passenger motorbike, said his earnings have more than halved due to the school closures.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The state weather agency said the heat index -- the actual temperature felt by the body to include relative humidity -- is expected to remain at a record 45 degrees Celsius (113° Fahrenheit), in the range which it classifies as &#x27;dangerous&#x27; as conditions can trigger heat stroke from prolonged exposure.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><em>(Production: Adrian Portugal)</em></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Small businesses in the Philippines said the nation's ongoing heatwave has severely impacted their earnings, as the state weather agency on Monday (April 29) forecast temperatures in the capital region could reach 37 degrees Celsius in the next three days.</p>

Small businesses in the Philippines said the nation's ongoing heatwave has severely impacted their earnings, as the state weather agency on Monday (April 29) forecast temperatures in the capital region could reach 37 degrees Celsius in the next three days.

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Published Apr 29, 2024 04:37 PM PHT

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