Hittegolf teistert Japan: Dodental nu boven de 50

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Hittegolf teistert Japan
Japan kreunt momenteel onder de hitte. Afgelopen week moesten meer dan 11.600 mensen met een zonnesteek naar het ziekenhuis, zo hebben de autoriteiten dinsdag bekendgemaakt. Dat is het hoogste aantal sinds in 2008 werd begonnen met het bijhouden van die gegevens. Zo’n 25 mensen overleefden het niet. Ongeveer de helft van de patiënten zijn ouder dan 65. In vele delen van Japan stijgt het kwik inmiddels tot boven de 35 graden Celsius. Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken Sanae Takaichi heeft de bevolking opgeroepen om veel water te drinken en regelmatig een rustpauze in te lassen.

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Tokyo Endures Longest Heat Wave Ever Recorded; Death Toll Surges to 55 in Japan
A heat wave that has already killed dozens and sickened thousands in Japan reached ominous thresholds Wednesday as new heat records for intensity and duration were set in Tokyo and other Japanese cities.

Tokyo reached 35.1 degrees Celsius (95.2 degrees Fahrenheit) Wednesday, marking its fifth consecutive day of highs at or above 35 C (95 F). According to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, this set a new all-time record for the most consecutive days at or above that threshold since records began in central Tokyo in June 1875. The city had already reached 35.1 C by 10:53 a.m. local time Thursday, according to preliminary JMA data, extending the streak to a sixth day.

The toll from Japan's ongoing heat wave accelerated last week, boosting the year's official tally to 55 heat-related deaths and sending more than 11,000 to the hospital according to new government figures released Tuesday.

According to Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency, 25 people died from heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses nationwide during the week of July 27 through Aug. 2. It was by far the deadliest week so far this year in Japan, nearly equaling the death toll of 30 in the preceding three months combined.

The number of people sent to hospitals for heat-related illnesses also skyrocketed, reaching 11,637 when excluding the 25 deaths. This was more than double the figure for the same period in 2014. Since April 27, more than 35,000 people have been hospitalized due to hot weather in Japan. Of those, 855 have required at least three weeks of hospitalization due to the severity of their illness.

Public broadcaster NHK said another 5 heat deaths were confirmed Wednesday in Japan, in addition to 7 unconfirmed heat deaths.

The heat has spared no region of the country. Heat-related deaths have been reported in 29 of Japan's 47 prefectures, and each of the 47 prefectures has reported at least 100 heat-related illnesses.

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The city of Tatebayashi in Gunma prefecture recorded its 13th consecutive day of temperatures 35 C or higher on Wednesday, reaching 39.8 C (103.6 F). That's the highest temperature recorded anywhere in Japan this year, according to JMA, and ties for the 25th-highest daily high temperature ever recorded in Japanese history

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Op donderdag 6 augustus 2015 14:57 schreef -supergirl- het volgende:
wat is dit voor aanstellerij. 35 is toch niet bijzonder hoog?