Three female lions (3, 11, 15 years old) at Tokyo's Tama Zoological Park died from suspected heat stroke as temperatures in Tokyo peaked at nearly 39°C, marking the zoo's first heat-related lion deaths in 62 years.
An elderly woman died of heat stroke in her car after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, as authorities warn of increasing heat-related risks for thousands of evacuees amid sweltering temperatures and ongoing challenges like water and fuel shortages.
A third major heat dome in a month affects 70 million people across the U.S., from New Mexico to North Carolina, with extreme temperatures and humidity increasing the risk of heat-related illnesses, particularly for those without access to air conditioning.
Paris is receiving large donations of ice from major food retailers to help firefighters cool heatstroke victims during a historic heatwave. Temperatures have reached 40°C, leading to increased mortality and cardiac arrests, prompting authorities to restrict alcohol sales.
Federal agents are investigating the death of six people thought to be immigrants found inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard near the Mexico border in Laredo, Texas on Sunday as a “potential human smuggling event.”
