Southeast Asia is enduring a brutal, record-setting heat wave

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A dangerous and record-smashing heat wave is lodged over Southeast Asia, closing schools, testing power grids, and causing a notable spike in heat-related illnesses and deaths.

For several days, temperatures have soared anywhere up to 100 to 120 degrees from India to the Philippines, while 90s have swelled northward into Japan.