Scorching heat in China

Xinhua news agency cited data from China's National Climate Center as predicting that most of the country will record heat and temperatures this summer equal to or higher than the average of previous years.

Over the past week, an area of more than 2 million ^square kilometers in China, including the two cities of Beijing and Tianjin, and the three provinces of Hebei, Henan and Shandong, has been experiencing hot weather, with days when temperatures exceeded 35 degrees Celsius. On the morning of June 18, the National Meteorological Center maintained a high temperature warning for three specific regions, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning and Xinjiang, which are expected to experience scorching heat above 40 degrees Celsius in the following days.

Hot weather in Beijing, China on June 16

In Liaoning, summer 2023 began five days earlier than usual, with extreme heat sweeping across the western part of the province. Over the weekend, four weather stations in Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province, recorded high temperatures of 40 to 43 degrees Celsius. The local meteorological bureau said the heat wave is expected to end on June 20, marking the hottest June temperatures western Liaoning has experienced since 1995.

The situation is similar in the capital Beijing, which issued its first orange heat alert on the morning of June 16, the second highest on a four-color warning scale.

Doctors at Peking University People's Hospital said the emergency department treated 10 cases of heatstroke on June 17, and advised people to avoid outdoor activities and strenuous exercise during high temperatures in the afternoon. Beijing State Power Company has deployed 261 emergency response teams and 109 generator trucks to be on standby around the clock in case of emergencies.

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Jinan, the capital of Shandong province, has asked sanitation workers to stop working outdoors from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. when daytime temperatures exceed 35 degrees Celsius, and to stop all outdoor activities all day if temperatures rise above 38 degrees Celsius.

To combat drought caused by prolonged heat, the Liaoning Provincial Water Resources Department has increased water reserves in some areas to ensure food supply and security in rice-producing areas.

Residents also proposed setting up heatstroke prevention stations in many cities, providing delivery people with sun-protective clothing, drinks and medicine, and optimizing delivery routes to minimize the time they have to work outdoors.

China isn’t the only country affected by high temperatures this time of year. A severe heat wave swept across northeastern India over the weekend. According to the India Meteorological Department, maximum temperatures soared to between 42 and 44 degrees Celsius (102 and 111 degrees Fahrenheit) in at least five states on June 17. The highest temperature recorded that day was 45.4 degrees Celsius (111.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, The Washington Post reported.

At least 98 people have died in the two states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar between June 15 and 17, India Today reported, citing a local official. On June 18, the Indian government issued fresh heat advisories for parts of the northeast and said hot conditions would persist through June 20.

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