TOKYO (AFP) - The temperature hit a record high in Japan on Thursday, with the extreme summer heat killing at least 13 people across the nation this week, officials said.So I spend half a day in front of the computer in this slightly A/C-cooled office. Students are mostly out for the Obon holidays. Besides going outside is no fun really. Dehydration kills.
The mercury shot up to a record 40.9 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit) in Tajimi city in the central prefecture of Gifu on Thursday afternoon, according to the weather agency.
The reading eclipsed the previous highest temperature recorded in Japan of 40.8 degrees set in northern Yamagata prefecture in 1933. via Yahoo! news
Thursday, August 16, 2007
hottest day on record
It's official.
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