Tag: Heat wave

Tokyo : Japan's weather agency has declared the heatwave sweeping the country a natural disaster, with at least 65 deaths recorded in the past week. According to official figures released on Tuesday, more than 22,000 people were hospitalized, with temperatures soaring to historic levels, the BBC reported. This is the highest number of people to have been given hospital care for a heat wave in 10 years when official records first started being kept. High temperatures were recorded across the country since mid-July and Monday reached a historic maximum of 41.1ºCelsius in...