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パキスタン政府当局は２２日、同国南部を襲った熱波の影響で、南部の都市カラチで２０─２１日の週末に１２０人超が死亡したことを明らかにした。
２０日には気温が摂氏４４度まで上昇し、２１日は同４３度で推移。
同国ではちょうどイスラム教のラマダン（断食月）が開始されたばかり。電力網が故障して停電が発生したことも被害に拍車をかけたとみられる。金融中心街や住宅など２０００万人に停電の被害が及んだ。
イスラマバード市内で、水をかぶるパキスタン人の若者たち (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)
カラチ市内の熱波で海に飛び込む親子。 (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images)
パキスタン人ボランティアが、カラチの遺体安置所で熱波で亡くなった人の身元確認書を遺体の上に置く作業を行う。 (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images)
パキスタンで熱波
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(01 of25)
Pakistanis cool themselves with water during a heat wave in Islamabad on June 21, 2015. At least 17 people have died as a heat wave has gripped the country, local media reported. AFP PHOTO / Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FAROOQ NAEEM via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(02 of25)
Pakistani youth cool themselves with water during a heat wave in Islamabad on June 21, 2015. At least 17 people have died as a heat wave has gripped the country, local media reported. AFP PHOTO / Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FAROOQ NAEEM via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(03 of25)
Pakistani youth cool themselves with water during a heat wave in Islamabad on June 21, 2015. At least 17 people have died as a heat wave has gripped the country, local media reported. AFP PHOTO / Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FAROOQ NAEEM via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT-WAVE(04 of25)
Relatives of heatwave victims stand as dead bodies are seen in the the cold storage of the EDHI morgue in Karachi on June 21, 2015. A heatwave has killed at least 45 people in Pakistan\'s largest city of Karachi, officials said June 21, as residents grapple with frequent power outages and water scarcity during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO / ASIF HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ASIF HASSAN via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT-WAVE(05 of25)
Relatives sit next to the dead bodies of heatwave victims at the EDHI morgue in Karachi on June 21, 2015. A heatwave has killed at least 45 people in Pakistan\'s largest city of Karachi, officials said June 21, as residents grapple with frequent power outages and water scarcity during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO / ASIF HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ASIF HASSAN via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT-WAVE(06 of25)
EDHI volunteers (In red jersey) and relatives shift the dead body of a heatwave victim into an ambulance at the EDHI morgue in Karachi on June 21, 2015. A heatwave has killed at least 45 people in Pakistan\'s largest city of Karachi, officials said June 21, as residents grapple with frequent power outages and water scarcity during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO / ASIF HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ASIF HASSAN via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(07 of25)
A Pakistani man carries the body of his three year old son outside the cold storage of the Edhi morgue in Karachi on June 22, 2015. A heatwave in Pakistan\'s largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said. The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 20, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 C in June 1979. AFP PHOTO / Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RIZWAN TABASSUM via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(08 of25)
A Pakistani volunteer puts a identification paper onto a body of a heatwave victim as other dead bodies are seen in the the cold storage of the Edhi morgue in Karachi on June 22, 2015. A heatwave in Pakistan\'s largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said. The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 20, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 C in June 1979. AFP PHOTO / Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RIZWAN TABASSUM via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(09 of25)
Pakistani youths cool themselves off at a river during heatwave on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 22, 2015. A heatwave in Pakistan\'s largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said. The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 20, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 C in June 1979. AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AAMIR QURESHI via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(10 of25)
A Pakistani youth jumps into a river during a heatwave on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 22, 2015. A heatwave in Pakistan\'s largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said. The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 20, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 C in June 1979. AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AAMIR QURESHI via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(11 of25)
A Pakistani youth cools off at a river during a heatwave on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 22, 2015. A heatwave in Pakistan\'s largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said. The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 20, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 C in June 1979. AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AAMIR QURESHI via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(12 of25)
A Pakistani man washes himself beside a river during a heatwave on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 22, 2015. A heatwave in Pakistan\'s largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said. The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 20, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 C in June 1979. AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AAMIR QURESHI via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(13 of25)
A Pakistani youth cool themselves off at a river during a heatwave on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 22, 2015. A heatwave in Pakistan\'s largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said. The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 20, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 C in June 1979. AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AAMIR QURESHI via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(14 of25)
Pakistani youths cool themselves off at a river during a heatwave on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 22, 2015. A heatwave in Pakistan\'s largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said. The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 20, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 C in June 1979. AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AAMIR QURESHI via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(15 of25)
A Pakistani youth jumps into a river during a heatwave on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 22, 2015. A heatwave in Pakistan\'s largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said. The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 20, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 C in June 1979. AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AAMIR QURESHI via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(16 of25)
A Pakistani man cools off at a river during a heatwave on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 22, 2015. A heatwave in Pakistan\'s largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said. The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 20, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 C in June 1979. AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AAMIR QURESHI via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(17 of25)
Pakistani youths cool themselves off at a river during a heatwave on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 22, 2015. A heatwave in Pakistan\'s largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said. The southern port city of Karachi saw temperatures reach as high as 45 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on June 20, just short of an all-time high in the city of 47 C in June 1979. AFP PHOTO / Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AAMIR QURESHI via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(18 of25)
A Pakistani youth cools off in the sea during a heatwave in Karachi on June 22, 2015. Nearly 200 people have died in a heatwave in southern Pakistan, officials said, as the government called in the army to help tackle widespread heatstroke in the worst-hit city Karachi. AFP PHOTO / Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RIZWAN TABASSUM via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(19 of25)
A Pakistani man cool off with his children in the sea during a heatwave in Karachi on June 22, 2015. Nearly 200 people have died in a heatwave in southern Pakistan, officials said, as the government called in the army to help tackle widespread heatstroke in the worst-hit city Karachi. AFP PHOTO / Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RIZWAN TABASSUM via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(20 of25)
A Pakistani youth cools off in the sea during a heatwave in Karachi on June 22, 2015. Nearly 200 people have died in a heatwave in southern Pakistan, officials said, as the government called in the army to help tackle widespread heatstroke in the worst-hit city Karachi. AFP PHOTO / Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RIZWAN TABASSUM via Getty Images)
PAKISTAN-WEATHER-HEAT(21 of25)
Pakistanis cool off in the sea during a heatwave in Karachi on June 22, 2015. Nearly 200 people have died in a heatwave in southern Pakistan, officials said, as the government called in the army to help tackle widespread heatstroke in the worst-hit city Karachi. AFP PHOTO / Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:RIZWAN TABASSUM via Getty Images)
Pakistan Heat Wave(22 of25)
A Pakistani jumps to a canal to cool off himself in Lahore, Pakistan, where its temperature reached 42 degrees Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit), Sunday, June 7, 2015. Many cities in Pakistan are facing heat wave conditions with temperatures reaching 46 degrees Celsius (116.8 Fahrenheit) in some place. (AP Photo/K M Chaudhry) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pakistan Heatstroke(23 of25)
People cool themselves off in polluted water near a port during a high heat wave, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, June 22, 2015. More than 100 people have died from heatstroke in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi in the last two days, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pakistan Heatstroke(24 of25)
A Pakistani boy cools himself in polluted water near a port during a high heat wave, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, June 22, 2015. More than 100 people have died from heatstroke in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi in the last two days, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pakistan Heatstroke(25 of25)
People cool themselves off in polluted water near a port during a high heat wave, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, June 22, 2015. More than 100 people have died from heatstroke in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi in the last two days, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)