It's boiling in Beijing
Source: Xinhua |
July 28, 2010, Wednesday
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BEIJING is experiencing its longest hot-weather spell in a decade, and it is expected to continue until Friday.
This month the Chinese capital has experienced 10 days with a maximum temperature of around 35 degrees Celsius - the most for the month of July in a decade.
"The hot and humid weather will continue until Friday. Rain will cool things down on the weekend," said Sun Jisong, chief forecaster at the Beijing Meteorological Station.
Hot weather will continue in northern parts of China, including Beijing, Tianjin, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, as well as Shanxi and Hebei provinces, over the next three days, weathermen said.
Beijing and Tianjin are at record high power consumption levels because residents have switched on air-conditioners to cool down.
Tourism on the grasslands in Inner Mongolia has also suffered from the heat wave, drawing only half as many visitors as last year.
The grasslands usually offer respite from heat for city-dwellers. But this month the grasslands have wilted under temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius.
This month the Chinese capital has experienced 10 days with a maximum temperature of around 35 degrees Celsius - the most for the month of July in a decade.
"The hot and humid weather will continue until Friday. Rain will cool things down on the weekend," said Sun Jisong, chief forecaster at the Beijing Meteorological Station.
Hot weather will continue in northern parts of China, including Beijing, Tianjin, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, as well as Shanxi and Hebei provinces, over the next three days, weathermen said.
Beijing and Tianjin are at record high power consumption levels because residents have switched on air-conditioners to cool down.
Tourism on the grasslands in Inner Mongolia has also suffered from the heat wave, drawing only half as many visitors as last year.
The grasslands usually offer respite from heat for city-dwellers. But this month the grasslands have wilted under temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius.
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