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| Linet Bahati, BBC Monitoring | |
| More than 100 people have died in Mali because of an extreme heatwave that hit the country last month, reports say. | |
| The country experienced the highest record of heat, last week Thursday the south-western town of Kayes recorded a temperature of about 48.5°C. | |
| It would be the hottest day in African history recorded in April, according to meteorologists cited by online news website RFI. | |
| Gabriel-Toure Hospital in the capital, Bamako, received 102 heat-affected patients who died upon arrival, French RFI news website reported. | |
| Most of them were over 60 years of age and chronically ill, Djibo Mahamane Django, the head of anaesthesia department at hospital told local Joliba FM. | |
| Some local sources put the death toll at over 250 in three days. | |
| "We've seen an increase in the number of deaths, and the mortuaries are much fuller," Ladji Dibatéré, a funeral home owner, was quoted as saying. | |
| Mr Dibatéré said families are forced to keep bodies of the relatives at home. | |
| Officials have urged residents to stay in well-ventilated areas and restricted learning for schoolchildren as the young and elderly are the most vulnerable, Mali’s state-run ORTM TV station reported. | |
| Authorities have shortened and changed the school hours for primary school students to protect them from the fatal temperatures. | |
| The high temperatures have been attributed to the El Nino weather phenomenon, which has raised ocean and atmospheric temperatures. | |
| The Malian military junta is yet to comment on the rising temperatures. | |
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