Two people died and more than 2,000 people were hospitalized for heatstroke or exhaustion as a heat wave continued to scorch Japan over the three-day weekend.
Two people died and more than 2,000 people suffered heatstroke or exhaustion Sunday as a heat wave continued to scorch Japan over the three-day weekend, a Kyodo News tally showed.
Temperatures rose above 35 C in many parts of western and eastern Japan with the highest for the day at 38.8 C recorded in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, and in the town of Ibigawa, Gifu Prefecture.
The tally showed that two people died in Shiga and Saga prefectures while 2,061 people across the nation were taken to hospital due to heatstroke or exhaustion on Sunday.
The extreme heat made it harder to carry out relief operations in the regions ravaged by the recent flooding and landslides.
