Ua piʻi ka mahana i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 40.7 C (105.26 F) ma Iapana i kēia lā, a ua kūkala ke Keʻena Meteorological Agency o Iapana e pili ana i nā mahana kiʻekiʻe loa no nā lā e hiki mai ana. Ma Kyoto, ua hōʻea i 39.8C.
ʻO kekahi ʻāpana wela ma Iāpana ka mea i make ma mua o 30 mau make ma hope o Iulai 9 me 10,000 poʻe i holo i ka haukapila. ʻO nehinei wale nō, 10 ka poʻe i make. ʻO kahi keiki ʻeono makahiki i waena o ka poʻe i luku ʻia. Ua make ke keikikāne ʻoiai e hele ana i kahi papa i waho ma ka moku ʻo Aichi. ʻO nehinei, ua kau pono nā mahana ma luna o 35 Celsius ma nā wahi he nui i Iapana.
Ma Kyoto - kekahi o nā prefecture i pā ʻia e ka ua - ua hiki ka wela i 39.8C. Ma ke kapitala, ʻelua mau lā i hala aku nei, ua pane nā lawelawe hoʻopakele i nā kāhea kūikawā 3,000. ʻO nehinei wale nō, lawe ʻia he 145 poʻe i nā haukapila no ka manaʻo heatstroke ma Okayama, Hiroshima a me Ehime prefecture.
ʻO ka wela, i piʻi aʻe ma 40.7C ma ke kikowaena o Iapana i ka Pōʻakolu e hoʻonui nei i ke ola no nā mea i hōʻino ʻia a me nā mea hoʻopakele i hopu ʻia e nā ua nui e koi ana i nā ola ma kahi o 223 ma mua o kēia mahina. Ma mua o 4,500 mau kānaka e noho nei i nā kikowaena hoʻoneʻe a 26,000 mau home i koe me ka wai ʻole.
Ke hoʻopuka nei ke aupuni i nā leka no ka poʻe e hana i nā hana pale. ʻAʻole nānā ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i nā lunakahiko wale nō, akā ʻo nā haumāna i nā kula, a me nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi.
