Water levels in Vietnam’s Mekong delta, a region that accounts for 50% of the country's rice and fruit production, 90% of its rice exports and 60% of shrimp and fish exports, are at their lowest levels since 1926. This affects the lives of the Vietnamese farmers and it affects people in Indonesia and the Philippines, the biggest buyers of Vietnamese agricultural goods. They will also go hungry if the Thais and Vietnamese don't produce enough rice. In India more than 150 deaths are blamed on the heat. Maharashtra is experiencing the worst dry spell in four decades, destroying crops, causing livestock deaths and drying up reservoirs. In Malaysia, hundreds of schools have closed and farmers are losing their vegetables. In Thailand, a record low rice yield is predicted. Unfortunately the heat will increase in the coming weeks and the death toll is expected to rise. See: http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/1939522/vietnam-being-crippled-its-worst-drought-nearly-century