Five persons from Mongolia’s capital, Ulan Bator, drowned when cooling off in a local river, the country’s National Police Agency said on Monday. “Unfortunately, five adults drowned after bathing in Tuul river to cool off during a heat wave over the weekend,’’ the NPA said in a statement. “The number of the people who want to stay on river banks and cool off has been increasing due to high temperature across the country in recent days,’’ the agency said. According to the country’s National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, high temperatures range from 30 to 37 degrees Celsius swept across the country over the weekend. (Xinhua/NAN)DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON

Source: Punch June 24, 2019 12:56 UTC