The Southwestern U.S. is about to feel the wrath of a punishing heat wave that includes a forecast of 120 degrees in Phoenix — a temperature not seen in the desert city in more than 20 years. The broiling temperatures will also be felt in ...
A 2-year-old boy in Tochigi Prefecture died after his father forgot to drop him off at day care, leaving him in the car for more than eight hours.
Three sisters in their 80s and 90s were found dead Saturday in a house in Tokyo apparently due to heat stroke or heat exhaustion, police said. The three lived together in the house with an air-conditioner in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward, but they told relatives they ...
Record-high temperatures this summer caused at least 87 deaths from heat-related maladies and record-breaking downpours that triggered landslides across the country. According to the Meteorological Agency, temperatures from Kyushu to the Kanto-Koshin region began climbing between July 6 and 8, when the rainy season ended ...
Two lightning strikes left a man dead and a woman injured Monday as the sudden departure of the rainy season and a high-pressure system from the Pacific sent temperatures soaring in much of the nation. In Tokyo, three men in their 50s and 60s were ...
