Soaring temperatures force class suspensions again in Western Visayas

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Six local governments in Western Visayas, including Iloilo City, suspend face-to-face classes on Monday, April 1, citing the rise in temperature. State weather bureau PAGASA forecasts the heat index to soar to 41°C.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/nation/visayas/soaring-temperatures-force-class-suspensions-april-1-2024/

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00:00 Six local governments in western Visayas, including Iloilo City, suspend face-to-face

00:06 classes on Monday, April 1, citing the rise in temperature.

00:10 This after State Weather Bureau Pagasa forecast the heat index to soar to 41 degrees Celsius

00:15 on April 1 and further to 42 degrees on April 2 across parts of the western Visayas region.

00:22 Classes will remain suspended until Tuesday, April 2, marking the second time in less than

00:27 a month several local governments in the region have taken such measures.

00:31 These actions show the severe dry weather conditions worsened by the ongoing El Niño

00:36 phenomenon.

00:37 The suspensions affect schools in the cities of Bacolod, Talisay, Cabangalan, Silay, and

00:43 the municipality of Ibi, Magalona, and Negros Occidental, alongside Iloilo City on Panay

00:48 Island.

00:49 The following cities suspend classes from kindergarten to senior high school, while

00:53 the following cities suspend classes from kindergarten to college.

00:57 (bell chimes)

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