JAPAN INTRODUCES SPECIAL HEATSTROKE ALERT熱中症特別警戒アラート 運用開始

Japan's warning system to prevent heat-related illness has begun operations for this year, as the country gears up for what could be another intensely hot summer. It includes a new special alert against heatstroke.

The alert will be issued in prefectures where the so-called Wet Bulb Globe index is estimated at 35 or higher at all observation points. Japan has never before recorded that kind of dangerous heat and humidity, which could cause serious damage to people's health across a wide area.

Prefectures where the Special Heat Stroke Alert is issued will need to take action, including opening pre-designated “cooling shelters.” Schools, businesses, and event organizers will also be required to take steps to protect people from heatstroke. That includes canceling events and keeping people home if there's no way to keep them cool.

◆gear up　～の準備をする、～に備える 

◆Wet Bulb Globe index　湿球黒球指数 

Daily Vocabulary(2024/05/22）

32331.eat like a bird (少食である）
Of course she’s so skinny, she eats like a bird! 
32332.eat like a horse(大食いである ）

You're going to eat a pizza too? You eat like a horse!

32333.eat like a pig (ガツガツ食べる ）

There are crumbs everywhere because you eat like a pig!

32334.crumb (パンなどのくず、かけら、パンくず、パン粉、(パンの皮 と区別して)パンの中身、しん、わずか、人間のくず、ろくでなし ） a very small piece of dry food, especially bread or cake 
 She stood up to brush the crumbs off her uniform. 
32335.dress up (お洒落に着飾ったり正装するなど、状況に応じた相応しい格好をする  ）to wear special clothes for fun, or to put special clothes on someone /to wear clothes that are more formal than the ones you would usually wear 

It’s a formal event. Make sure you dress up.