国际英语资讯:23 dead, 13,000 people hospitalized as heatwave continues to scorch Japan
<p><span word="TOKYO">TOKYO</span>, <span word="Aug">Aug</span>. 14-- <span word="Japan">Japan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Fire">Fire</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Disaster">Disaster</span> <span word="Management">Management</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> 23 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="among">among</span> 12,751 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="rushed">rushed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hospitals">hospitals</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="heat">heat</span>-<span word="related">related</span> <span word="illnesses">illnesses</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Aug">Aug</span>. 5.</p><p><span word="Amid">Amid</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="protracted">protracted</span> <span word="heatwave">heatwave</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="scorched">scorched</span> <span word="wide">wide</span> <span word="swathes">swathes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agency">agency</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="preliminary">preliminary</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="rushed">rushed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="risen">risen</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="the">the</span> 10,000 <span word="level">level</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="straight">straight</span> <span word="week">week</span>.</p><p><span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="rushed">rushed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> 400 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="admitted">admitted</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="symptoms">symptoms</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span>. <span word="Shorter">Shorter</span> <span word="stays">stays</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="around">around</span> 4,500 <span word="patients">patients</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="treated">treated</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="heat">heat</span>-<span word="related">related</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="at">at</span> 1,465, <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="neighboring">neighboring</span> <span word="prefecture">prefecture</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Saitama">Saitama</span> <span word="at">at</span> 977 <span word="patients">patients</span>. <span word="Osaka">Osaka</span>, <span word="meanwhile">meanwhile</span>, <span word="saw">saw</span> 897 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="rushed">rushed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="heat">heat</span>.</p><p><span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="requiring">requiring</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span>, <span word="around">around</span> 55 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="aged">aged</span> 65 <span word="or">or</span> <span word="older">older</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Meteorological">Meteorological</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span> (<span word="JMA">JMA</span>) <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="temperature">temperature</span> <span word="anywhere">anywhere</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="logged">logged</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Joetsu">Joetsu</span> <span word="City">City</span>, <span word="Niigata">Niigata</span> <span word="Prefecture">Prefecture</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="coast">coast</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mercury">mercury</span> <span word="soared">soared</span> <span word="to">to</span> 40.3 <span word="degrees">degrees</span> <span word="Celsius">Celsius</span>.</p><p><span word="Also">Also</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Niigata">Niigata</span>, <span word="Sanjo">Sanjo</span> <span word="City">City</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="temperatures">temperatures</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> 39.5 <span word="degrees">degrees</span> <span word="Celsius">Celsius</span>.</p><p><span word="Cities">Cities</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Yamaguchi">Yamaguchi</span> <span word="Prefecture">Prefecture</span>, <span word="Tottori">Tottori</span> <span word="Prefecture">Prefecture</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Hyogo">Hyogo</span> <span word="Prefecture">Prefecture</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mercury">mercury</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="over">over</span> 37 <span word="degrees">degrees</span> <span word="Celsius">Celsius</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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