, TOKYO, Japan, Jul 16 – A blistering heatwave smothered swathes of flood-hit western Japan Monday, hampering clean-up efforts as survivors and relief workers toil in stifling temperatures a week after devastating inundations that killed more than 200 people. Because of climate change we will get more hot summers in general, and this is a good example of what’s going to come so it’s a good opportunity to think of our resilience and if we’re ready for such a thing,’ Shepherd said.
An intense heatwave kills at least 14 people in Japan.