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Reuters Prairie Dog Lies Flat on Pavement to Try to Cool Off From Tokyo Heat Wave

Date: 02-Aug-02
Country: JAPAN
Author: TA/CP

Prairie Dog Lies Flat on Pavement to Try to Cool Off From Tokyo Heat Wave Photo: TOSHIYUKI AIZAWA
Photo: TOSHIYUKI AIZAWA

A prairie dog lies flat on the pavement to try to cool off on a Tokyo street August 1, 2002 as temperatures soared to 35.6 degrees celsius in a summer heat wave. Scorching weather has dominated in most of Japan this summer, the Japan Meteorological Agency said yesterday.

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