Heatwave blankets Japan, kills 14

Updated July 17 2018 - 2:26pm, first published 2:21pm
Fourteen people have died in Japan as a heatwave strikes a week after flooding killed 200 people.
Fourteen people have died in Japan as a heatwave strikes a week after flooding killed 200 people.

An intense heatwave has killed at least 14 people over a three-day long weekend in Japan, media are reporting, as high temperatures hamper the recovery in flood-hit areas where more than 200 people died last week.

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