2 dead, 2,000 suffer heat exhaustion as heat wave continues in Japan

Two people died and about 2,000 people suffered heatstroke or exhaustion on Sunday, as a heat wave continued scorching Japan during a 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 the city of Fukuchiyama, Kyoto and the town of Ibigawa, Gifu.The extreme heat made it harder to carry out relief operations in the regions ravaged by the recent flooding and landslides.In the hardest-hit prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima and Ehime, a total of 184 people, including volunteers fo…READ FULL ARTICLE