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posted by martyb on Thursday July 26 2018, @05:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the take-a-cold-bath dept.

The Guardian reports:

An "unprecedented" heatwave in Japan has killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials have said, with the weather agency classifying the record-breaking weather as a natural disaster.

The deaths in the week to Sunday were due to heatstroke, while another 22,647 people were admitted to hospital, the Japanese fire and disaster management agency said.

[...] The agency said on Tuesday that 80 people had died from the heat since the beginning of the month, and more than 35,000 had been admitted to hospital.

[...] The city of Kumagaya set a national heat record on Monday, with temperatures hitting 41.1C (106F).

[...] The high temperatures follow record rainfall that caused floods and landslides in western and central Japan, killing more than 220 people.

[...] The extreme weather has revived concerns about the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, which will be held in July and August.


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by suburbanitemediocrity on Thursday July 26 2018, @08:44PM (1 child)

    by suburbanitemediocrity (6844) on Thursday July 26 2018, @08:44PM (#713356)

    Yeah, I was in Phoenix in 1990 when it hit 50C (122F). It was just another day. My family did not even have an AC. We sleep on the floor with the door open and in front a lot of box fans when it got really hot. Everyone has an AC now though. On of the suckier things I remember (don't live there any more) is that the cold water was luke warm. Two weeks later I remember going to a party and it was 40C (103F) at 8pm (it gets humid there during the Monsoons from the beginning of July and it stays hot all night). An hour later, there was a massive hail and wind storm and remember everyone's yards looked like Christmas.

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  • (Score: 2) by Subsentient on Friday July 27 2018, @08:07AM

    by Subsentient (1111) on Friday July 27 2018, @08:07AM (#713588) Homepage Journal

    I live in the Phoenix area. It's a goddamn blast furnace. I hear about "it's a dry heat" constantly, but I tell people, so is an OVEN.
    It's already hit like 117F here. The sun is painful when it touches my skin. Arizona is a godforsaken place.

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