30,000 hospitalized and 77 dead in Japan so far from heat

The temperature hit 106 degrees Fahrenheit in Kumagaya on Monday, making it the country’s highest temperature on record. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, several locations in the country set record temperature Monday with 241 individual weather stations hitting over 95 degrees Fahrenheit.

Local daily Kyodo News reported that 77 heat-related deaths occurred in the last two weeks and more than 30,000 were hospitalized.

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