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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Pam CASTRO

Thousands Of Philippine Schools Suspend In-person Classes Due To Heat

Parents accompany their children from school in Manila after dangerously high temperatures forced the Philippines to suspend in-person classes in 5,288 schools (Credit: AFP)

Thousands of schools in the Philippines suspended in-person classes Friday, the education department said, as parts of the tropical country endured dangerously high temperatures.

The months of March, April and May are typically the hottest and driest in the archipelago nation, but conditions this year have been exacerbated by the El Nino weather phenomenon.

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