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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 27 2018, @08:59AM
> Suck it up people.
TFS doesn't say that 65 people complained about heat, it said that 65 people died from heat. How the fuck do you suck up dying?
> It was 118 F here in Yuma
Is that Yuma, Arizona? [wikipedia.org] The one sitting in a desert? You might want to look up the concept of "humidity", [wikipedia.org] which is just a bit higher in Japan; in summer, 70+%... [weather-and-climate.com] on average.