MANILA, Philippines --- As the state weather bureau warned that the heat index in several parts of the country would remain over 40C, and the municipality of Aparri in Cagayan registered the highest computed heat index on May 1 at 44C, recorded at 2 p.m. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) classifies heat index between 42C and 51C as a "danger category." According to Pagasa, heat index refers to a measure of the contribution that high humidity makes with abnormally high temperatures in reducing the body's ability to cool itself. Apart from Aparri, Pagasa also recorded similar numbers in several areas: Catarman, Nort...
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