Japan records highest temperature on record

Temperature hits 41.2 degrees Celsius (106.16 degrees Fahrenheit) aft hottest June connected record.

Japan has recorded its hottest time connected record, the latest illustration of utmost upwind to absorption attraction connected clime change.

The mercury deed 41.2 degrees Celsius (106.16 degrees Fahrenheit) successful Tamba city, astir 560km (350 miles) southwest of Tokyo, connected Wednesday, surpassing the erstwhile precocious of 41.1 degrees Celsius (105.98 degrees Fahrenheit) acceptable successful 2018 and matched again successful 2020.

Temperatures of 40 degrees oregon higher were besides recorded successful Fukuchiyama city, Kyoto prefecture; Maniwa city, Okayama prefecture; and Nishiwaki city, Hyogo prefecture.

Heatstroke alerts were issued for 33 of Japan’s 47 prefectures connected Wednesday, nationalist broadcaster NHK reported.

More than 10,800 radical successful Japan were sent to infirmary with heatstroke past week, with 16 heat-related deaths, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

Wednesday’s grounds is the latest successful a bid of unprecedented somesthesia spikes successful Japan.

Last month, the East Asian state sweltered done its hottest June connected record, with the mean nationwide somesthesia rising 2.34 degrees Celsius (36.21 degrees Fahrenheit) supra normal.

Japan experienced its hottest twelvemonth ever successful 2024, with the mean somesthesia breaking records for a 2nd consecutive year.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies