Look: Extreme heat, low rainfall trigger massive fish kill in northern Philippines

Extreme heat and sharply reduced rainfall have triggered a massive fish kill in northern Philippines, according to the country’s fisheries authority. Tonnes of freshwater fish, including tilapia and bangus, have died and floated to the surface, affecting the livelihood of hundreds of aquaculture operators in Magat Dam Reservoir in Isabela province, north of Manila. Magat Dam’s fish kill was preceded by a similar incident in nearby Cagayan province last week, where...