South Sudan shutters all schools as it prepares for an extreme heat wave

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By DENG MACHOL
Updated 4:25 AM CDT, March 17, 2024

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s government is closing down all schools starting Monday as the country prepares for a wave of extreme heat expected to last two weeks.

The health and education ministries advised parents to keep all children indoors as temperatures are expected to soar to 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit), in a statement late Saturday,

They warned that any school found open during that time would have its registration withdrawn, but didn’t specify how long the schools would remain shuttered.

The ministries said they “will continue to monitor the situation and inform the public accordingly.”



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/south-sudan-schools-closed-heat-wave-b52d535e3ee7284b2832c0cfd14b1167

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Sauna level and probably 95F or more overnight too

[2naSalit]

2. Probably higher.

I lived in a desert for a summer, a long time ago, and when it got up to +120F and thereabout, it would only cool down about three to ten degrees at night. We were lucky if it got below +100F.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

3. Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry For The Future is very prescient now

[Polybius]

4. Wow, their poor make our poor look rich

Hard to believe people live in those sheds.

[WheelWalker]

5. We would call these people homeless.