Tag Archives: Extreme heat

Six people have died of sunstroke in Tokyo in recent days as Japan suffers a rare heat wave in the middle of the rainy season, media reported. Over the weekend, the Shizuoka department (central) was the first in Japan to see the mercury reach 40°C this year, far exceeding the …

Several cities in China are on red alert on Monday due to the heat wave hitting the country, where tens of millions of people have been asked to stay at home. Extreme heat waves, sometimes deadly, have affected different places on the planet in recent months, such as Western Europe …