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Unseasonal heat in Japan raises prospect of top-level heatstroke alert
On Monday, a heatstroke alert was issued in 27 of the nation’s 47 prefectures, including seven in the Kanto region. | JIJI
by KARIN KANEKO
Jul 8, 2024
Despite it still officially being the rainy season, Japan continued to see temperatures above 37 degrees Celsius in numerous places Monday, raising the prospect that the government could issue a newly created top-level special heatstroke alert any day.
On Monday at 2 p.m., an observation point in the city of Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, logged 39.6 C, the highest-ever temperature recorded in the city, while a spot in Fuchu, western Tokyo, saw the mercury rise to 39.2 C, also an all-time record high. Several other places, from Mie to Chiba to Ibaraki to Saitama, recorded temperatures topping 37.5 C.
The Meteorological Agency classifies days topping 35 C as “extremely hot days.”
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