Japanese authorities on Monday warned of a possible power outage as the country grapples with record temperatures and Tokyo records the shortest wet season in its history.
“We urge people to reduce their electricity consumption in the early evening, when electricity reserves are at their lowest in greater Tokyo,” Japan’s Deputy Secretary General Yoshihiko Isozaki said on Monday. said.
The government urged the public to take necessary measures to protect themselves from the heat and prevent heat stroke.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) forecasts temperatures in the country this Monday to reach as high as 35°C. The thermometer should not drop below 34°C before next Sunday.
Most of Japan would be in the rainy season at this time of year, but the JMA announced Monday that it has ended in Tokyo’s Kanto region.
This is the fastest end of the rainy season since Japan began recording comparable data in 1951 – 22 days earlier than usual.
In addition, the rainy season ended this Monday in central Japan and most of the island of Kyushu (southwest), which represents a record.
On Sunday, the thermometer hit 40.2°C, or the highest temperature recorded in Japan in June, in the city of Isesaki, 100 kilometers north of Tokyo.
source: Noticias
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