SOARING temperatures shut down schools in nearly half of Metro Manila on Monday, local officials said, as the torrid dry season began.

A national weather service advisory warned the heat index, a measure of air temperature and relative humidity, was set to reach "danger" levels in Manila and two other areas of the country.

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