On the 21st, the temperature rose nationwide from mid-morning, and it became extremely hot from West Japan to Tohoku. Kyoto City is expected to be dangerously hot with a maximum temperature of 38 degrees Celsius, so please check the "heat index" that indicates the risk of heat stroke and take thorough measures such as stopping exercise.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, it was sunny nationwide on the 21st, and the temperature has risen over a wide area.

The highest temperature until 11:37 a.m. is
▽1.36 degrees Celsius in Akiba-ku, Niigata City, 5.35 degrees Celsius in Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture, 8.35 degrees Celsius in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture and Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and 7.35 degrees



Celsius in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture and Hiroshima City. ▽ Nagoya City and Tsujido, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture are already extremely hot days, such as 4.35 degrees Celsius
▽ Kyoto City is 3.33 degrees Celsius, etc
., ▽ 32 degrees in the center of Tokyo
▽ 9.38 degrees in Furano City, Hokkaido.

After this, the temperature will continue to rise, and the
maximum temperature during the day is expected to be dangerously hot at 37 degrees Celsius in Kyoto City, as well as
36 degrees Celsius in Aizuwakamatsu City, Osaka City, Hiroshima City, Tottori City, Saga City, etc. in Fukushima Prefecture ▽ 35 degrees
Celsius
▽ It is expected to be a hot day in many places such as central Tokyo and Nagoya on the 21st, at
21 degrees.

The Ministry of the Environment and the Japan Meteorological Agency have declared that the risk of heat stroke will increase significantly, and that Iwate, Yamagata, Fukushima, Gunma, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi, A "Heat Stroke Warning Alert" has been issued for the Okinawa main island region of Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures, excluding Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Oita, Nagasaki, Saga, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, and Amami.

Due to the heat every day, there are many cases of people getting sick or dying due to heat stroke.

On the 21st, the "Heat Index," which indicates the risk of heat stroke, has become a "danger" that calls for the suspension of exercise in principle over a wide area of the country.

Please check the "Heat Index" on the website of the Ministry of the Environment, etc., and take measures such as refraining from exercising outdoors or indoors without air conditioning, using air conditioning appropriately, and drinking water regularly even if you are not thirsty.

On the other hand, due to the warm and moist air and rising temperatures, atmospheric conditions in northern Kyushu and Tohoku are expected to become unstable mainly in the afternoon, and severe thunderstorms are expected to occur in some places late in the evening of the <>st.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) urges people to pay close attention to landslides, flooding of low-lying lands, and severe gusts of wind such as lightning strikes and tornadoes in rivers.