Japanese earthquake victims face summer nightmares

The terrible consequences of the earthquake and tsunami seem to be still unfinished for victims who are temporarily sheltering in temporary houses during the past three months in Northeast Japan, when the hottest summer days raging here.

Humorous and sarcastic humor, the victims in the Iwate and Miyagi prefectures use the word ' sauna ' to indicate temporary houses after tsunamis when the outdoor temperature is up to 36-37 degrees Celsius, currently statues are rare in northeastern Japan over the years.

Electric fan - an item associated with sweltering summer days - suddenly becomes a luxury item for people in distress. Almost all electronic shelves in the province are absent from electric fans. The lack of fans is becoming more serious here.

The stalls in Kamaishi are empty electric fans.
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In the context of all Japan restricting the use of air-conditioners to save electricity, many people in temporary housing in the Northeast want to buy fans to live inside these ' saunas '.

Only on June 26, Kamaishi Case Denki electronics store in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture had hundreds of visitors buying fans.

The store owner, Mr. Sasaki You, said that during the past May, the shop sold 200 units, while it was sold on June 25, 280 units, up 3-4 times year on year. According to him, the customers who buy fans are mainly those who are damaged by the tsunami and families who have lost their houses to live in temporary houses.

Techland store of Yamada Denki Electric Machine in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi city, is also in the state of two weeks without fan display on the stall.

The Kamaishi government plans to build 3,114 temporary houses for families in distress and currently has about 1,500 inhabited houses.

Kobayashi Chizuko, 40, who lives with her husband and daughter in the town of Sakuragi, Kamaishi, said: ' It is sunny and it is as quiet as a sauna. If we don't buy electric fans early, we can't stand it . "

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency on May 29, the country has officially entered ' super hot days ' when temperatures in many places exceed the highest level of 35 degrees C.

In particular, in Koshu city, Yamanashi prefecture, the highest temperature in the day reaches 38.5 degrees Celsius, Kofu city is 38.1 degrees Celsius, the city of Kuwana in Mie Prefecture has a record temperature of 37.5 degrees. degree C. In Tokyo and the suburbs, the temperature measured at 1110 minutes is approximately 37 degrees C.

After the incident of the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant, the government called on people to save electricity during the summer. However, health experts recommend that people during this time be very careful with possible heat secretions, especially in the elderly, because they cannot be concerned with their use or not. air conditioners, but suffer from 'squash caused by electricity savings '.

The Japan Fire Protection Agency said that within a week from June 20 to June 26, the number of people hospitalized with hot weather nationwide has increased to nearly 3,000 people, an increase of 5.3 times over the same period. last year. Among them, elderly people accounted for half, 94 patients were hospitalized with severe heat shock and 7 died.