Japan is not the only country suffering from the extreme heat. In Washington, the capital of the United States, wax figures on display outdoors have melted due to the heat.

A white lump installed at an elementary school in Washington. It is actually a wax figure of former President Lincoln, but if you look closely, you will see that it is missing a head. It melted due to the scorching heat of over 37 degrees Celsius that continued for several days.

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“I never thought it would melt at around 37 degrees Celsius.”

It began to melt last weekend, and the head was removed for safety reasons on the morning of the 24th. The wax figure is one of the works of a Virginia-based artist and was installed in February this year at an elementary school on the site of a facility that housed freed former slaves during the Civil War.

The northeastern United States, including Washington, has been hit by a heat wave that has caused record heat since last week, and according to the National Weather Service, it is the first time in 12 years that temperatures in Washington have exceeded 37 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) in June.

Source: Japanese