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Monday, May 12, 2003
People getting sick due to 'hot' climate
SOME Baguio residents and tourists alike are now experiencing colds and headaches due to the unprecedented changes of temperature in this mountain resort city.
But Dr. Cecilia Brillantes, head of the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the Baguio Health Department, said that it is normal for residents to experience colds and other minor ailments due to the sudden rise in temperature.
She added that the rain shower late in the afternoon is also one of the factors triggering colds and flu.
Brillantes also said that aside from colds and flu, her office is expecting more cases of typhoid fever and dengue.
On Friday, the regional office of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Service Administration (Pagasa) reported that Baguio recorded its highest temperature at 29.4 degrees Celsius in more than 10 years.
On that day, many residents of Baguio and nearby Benguet province complained of the extreme heat experienced in the late morning and early afternoon, with some feeling queasy and nauseated up to the point of suffering from migraine headaches.
Weather observer Wilson Lucando reported that the previous highest temperature recorded in modern day Baguio was at 29.0 degrees Celsius April of 1990.
Prior to that, the Pagasa also recorded a high 28.7 degrees Celsius April of 1988 and 28.1 the following month of the same year.
Pagasa records showed that from January 1 to December 26, 2002, the average mean temperature was recorded at 19.63 degree Celsius, lower than the mean average of 19.8 degrees Celsius from 1961 to 2001. HFP
(May 12, 2003 issue)
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