| inbluevt | Date: Thursday, 2013/08/01, 10:35 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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At least two people have died from the heat wave currently enveloping eastern and southern China, which on Tuesday has breached the 35 degrees C (95 degrees F) mark. For the first time ever, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) has activated a level two emergency heat wave response as meteorologists forecast temperatures could reach 38 degrees C to 41 degrees C well into the first week of August.
Covered in the emergency heat wave response were east China's Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, central China's Hunan and Hubei, south China's Fujian, and the Shanghai and Chongqing municipalities.
The heat wave statistics on Tuesday was the seventh straight day of 38 degrees C
heat. China meteorologists noted it was the highest number since the country began keeping weather records in 1873.
It also marked the 23rd day in July that hit at least 35 degrees C, which according to Xinhuanet was last experienced by the country in 1934.
At least two people have died in Shanghai, a 63-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man, because of heat stroke. There were also reported deaths in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, and two in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province.
Persistent subtropical high pressure over east China has shifted summer rains northward, leaving Shanghai and much of east China baking hot, AccuWeather said. The region hasn't had tropical storms in July.
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