Feature: Jakarta residents battle soaring temperatures amid heatwave

by Nurul Fitri Ramadhani

JAKARTA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Sugiman, 57, took off his shirt and wrung it out. The fabric was soaked with sweat under Jakarta's blazing sun, where temperatures could reach 35 degrees Celsius, but felt closer to 40.

Despite the heat, he was beaming. His cendol ice dessert, a popular cold treat made of green rice-flour jelly, coconut milk, and palm sugar, had sold out before noon. E