Temperatures of around 40C are expected in some parts of greater Tokyo, home to 37 million people, on the sixth day of a heatwave that began after the earliest end to the capital's rainy season in decades.With power producers scrambling to bring nearly 50-year-old turbines back to use, the closure of a 600-megawatt plant in northern Japan that sends supplies to Tokyo came with reserve power capacity hovering around 3% - the level below which blackouts can occur.
Scientists say record-breaking heatwaves are linked to climate change, which makes extreme weather more common. Automaker Nissan Motors said it is operating generators at its Tochigi plant north of Tokyo from Wednesday through to Friday, while calling on offices and factories to save energy.
Is there any chance that RTE can post something about our government attacking coal and briquettes with cripplingly high taxes while people still depend on them? Our government is making it impossible for people outside of Dublin to heat their homes and our media is ok with it
Cold in Australia.....
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