Southeast Asia faces sweltering heat as war limits energy supplyVisitors cool off using a water sprinkler installed at Wat Pho in Bangkok to help people beat the scorching heat in April 2024. The forecast comes as the US-Israeli war against Iran upends transport and output across the Middle East, sending energy prices soaring. A prolonged disruption would threaten fossil-fuel reliant Southeast Asia’s power generation into April and May, when the mercury can climb to sweltering levels. The unseasonal heat is likely to first set in over those two countries, and then expected to expand to much of mainland Southeast Asia in the following two months. Asian spot prices doubled last week and remain elevated, and buyers in Southeast Asia will be competing with others in Asia and Europe for a limited amount of gas.

Source: Bangkok Post March 09, 2026 13:07 UTC