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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Asia going to sweat a lot more in coming weeks amid Middle East crisis

North Asia needs to brace for above-normal temperature in the weeks ahead, triggering increased demand for energy amid the Persian Gulf crisis due to the US-Iran conflict and already high imports.

“Cooling demand (in Japan) and heat wave conditions are expected to ease this weekend,” Bloomberg cited Francois Geffroy, consultant meteorologist at MetraWeather. “But maximum temperatures will be back up to the 90th percentile by the end of the week and into the first week of August.”

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