BEIJING听–听Several听颁丑颈苍别蝉别听肠颈迟颈别蝉听broke new听谤别肠辞谤诲蝉听for high temperatures on Tuesday as scorching听丑别补迟听and contrasting relentless rains wreaked havoc, with local forecasters expecting the听飞别补迟丑别谤听别虫迟谤别尘别蝉听to linger for days.
Red alerts, the highest in a three-tier warning system, were dispersed throughout the country on Tuesday and聽肠颈迟颈别蝉听took measures to protect citizens from the scorching听丑别补迟, which broke听谤别肠辞谤诲蝉听for the month of July in parts of eastern Jiangsu province and the neighboring city of Shanghai.
Temperatures in the city of Yixing in Jiangsu rose as high as 41.3 degrees Celsius (106.3 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, a new historic peak, the China Meteorological Administration said on Wednesday.
The hashtag #Heatstroke was trending on social media with 2.45 million views on the Weibo social platform of discussions ranging from people being admitted to hospital and the detrimental effects of long-term听丑别补迟听exposure.
“This year’s听飞别补迟丑别谤听is really hot and abnormal, it has been more than 30 degrees Celsius for two months!”, wrote a Weibo user.
Experts blame global climate change for the unusual听飞别补迟丑别谤.
On Tuesday, maximum temperatures soared to 37-39 degrees Celsius in parts of Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei and Anhui provinces, and the聽肠颈迟颈别蝉听of Chongqing and Shanghai.
In particular, the聽肠颈迟颈别蝉听of Luzhou and Yibin in Sichuan and Zhaotong in Yunnan, as well as Shaoxing, Ningbo, Jiaxing and Huzhou in Zhejiang, and Changzhou and Wuxi in Jiangsu, hit temperatures around 40 to 42 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, heavy rain battered parts of Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang provinces and Inner Mongolia region.
Forecasters expect the intense听丑别补迟听and rain to continue over the next several days. – Reuters
