Amaqondo obushushu afikelele kwincopho ye-40.7 C (105.26 F) eJapan namhlanje, kwaye i-Meteorological Agency yaseJapan yalumkisa ngamaqondo obushushu aphezulu kakhulu kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo. EKyoto, yafikelela kuma-39.8C.
Ubushushu obumangalisayo eJapan bubangele ukufa kwabantu abangaphezu kwama-30 ukusukela nge-9 kaJulayi kunye nabantu abayi-10,000 ababalekiselwe esibhedlele. Izolo kuphela, abantu abali-10 basweleke. Umntwana oneminyaka emithandathu uphakathi kwamaxhoba. Le nkwenkwana yafa ngoxa yayikwiklasi yangaphandle kwisithili saseAichi. Izolo, amaqondo obushushu alenda ngaphezu kwama-35 ngokukaCelsius kwiindawo ezininzi zaseJapan.
E-Kyoto – enye yeengingqi ezintlithwe ziimvula – ubushushu bufikelele kwi-39.8C. Kwikomkhulu, kwiintsuku ezimbini ezidlulileyo, iinkonzo zokuhlangula kwafuneka ziphendule kwiifowuni ze-3,000 ezingxamisekileyo. Izolo kuphela, abantu be-145 bathatyathwe kwizibhedlele ngenxa yokurhanelwa kobushushu eOkayama, eHiroshima nase-Ehime prefectures.
Ukushisa, okuye kwaphakama kwi-40.7C kumbindi weJapan ngoLwesithathu kwenza ubomi bube buhlungu ngakumbi kumaxhoba kunye nabahlanguli ababanjwe yimvula enkulu eyathi yabulala ubomi ubuncinane be-223 ekuqaleni kwale nyanga. Bangaphezu kwama-4,500 abantu abasekumaziko okufuduka kwaye amakhaya angama-26,000 asasele engenamanzi.
Urhulumente ukhupha izilumkiso zokuba abantu bathathe amanyathelo okuthintela. Esi silumkiso asijongi abantu abadala kuphela, kodwa nabafundi abasezikolweni, kwakunye nabakhenkethi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- An exceptional heatwave in Japan has caused more than 30 deaths since July 9 with 10,000 people rushed to the hospital.
- In Kyoto – one of the prefectures hit by rains – the heat reached 39.
- 7C in central Japan on Wednesday is making life even more miserable for victims and rescuers caught by heavy rains that claimed the lives of at least 223 early this month.
