News in Easy English: Hot sunny days during Japan's rainy season. What's happening?
TOKYO -- On June 17, many parts of Japan became very hot. In the Kanto area (around Tokyo), the temperature went over 35 degrees Celsius for the first time this year.
Usually, June is Japan's rainy season, with many rainy days. But now, Japan has sunny weather with hot days. Why?
Mineo Nishi, from Japan's weather office, explained, "It's still the rainy season. Right now, we just have some sunny days in between the rainy days."
Nishi said there is a big area of high air pressure in the Pacific Ocean, south of Japan. It moved north and became stronger. It pushed rain clouds away from Japan. Because of this, Japan will have sunny weather for a short time.
But from about June 21, rainy weather will probably come back again. After that, rainy days may continue for a while, like usual.
Nishi also said, "Right now, the weather is very hot. Please be careful about heatstroke. Drink lots of water and stay cool."
(Japanese original by Kazuki Mogami, Tokyo City News Department)
Vocabulary
rainy season: a time of year when it rains a lot
temperature: how hot or cold a place is
high air pressure: air that pushes down and usually makes good, sunny weather
heatstroke: when your body gets sick because it is too hot
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