Pigs, rabbits and fish are dying from searing temperatures in ChinaĪs the climate crisis intensifies, scientists say dangerous, record heat waves are set to become more frequent and more severe. (Photo by Wang Gang/VCG via Getty Images) Wang Gang/VCG/Getty Images SHANGHAI, CHINA - MAY 29: Tourists holding umbrellas visit the Bund with skyscrapers in the background during heat waves on in Shanghai, China. So far this year, Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province, has seen 17 high temperature days, followed by Beijing’s 14 days.Īcross the country, 110 weather stations have seen record temperatures, the center said.Ĭhina’s first heat wave this year arrived on May 28, more than two weeks earlier than usual and affecting 15 provinces. Northern China, a heavily populated region with hundreds of millions of residents, has been particularly hard hit, with more heat waves expected in coming weeks. The national average was calculated from the number of high temperature days recorded by weather stations across the country.Ĭhina has already experienced four regional heat waves so far this summer, which arrived earlier and have been more widespread and extreme than in previous years, according to the center. In the first half of this year, China saw an average of 4.1 high temperature days where the maximum daily temperature exceeded 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), the highest since 1961, the National Climate Center said in a statement Sunday.
China has registered the highest number of hot days over six months since records began, according to authorities, as the country confronts another record-breaking summer of blistering heat.
0 kommentar(er)
