Hot hot hot! How long will it be hot? Rarely hot weather continued to occur in China. The temperature was below 43 degrees and might not be included in the national top 10 high temperature rankings, and 51 rivers in Chongqing were cut off. According to the forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory of the National Meteorological Administration, this round of high temperature will continue for at least 10 days!
The Financial Associated Press reported that China continued to experience high temperature and hot weather. On Monday (15th), in the national top 10 high temperature rankings, the temperature did not reach 43 degrees.
The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a “high temperature red warning” on Tuesday, issuing a “high temperature red warning” for the fifth consecutive day and the 27th day. “High temperature red warning” is the highest level of “high temperature warning”.
The weather forecast shows that during the daytime on Tuesday, most areas in Sichuan, Chongqing and Jiangnan will remain “enthusiastic”, with eastern Sichuan, central and western Chongqing, southern Shaanxi, southeastern Hubei, central and northern Hunan, central and northern Jiangxi, central Zhejiang, and Xinjiang Turpan Basin. In some areas, the maximum temperature can reach above 40 degrees.
Zhou Bing, chief expert of climate services at the National Climate Center, said that according to the forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory, high temperatures will continue to occur in Jianghuai, Jianghan, Jiangnan, Sichuan Basin, southern Shaanxi and other regions in the next 10 days, and this round of high temperature will continue for at least 10 days.
Affected by the extremely hot weather, 51 rivers in Chongqing stopped flowing and 24 reservoirs dried up. According to the Chongqing Municipal Emergency Management Bureau, drought has been reported in 31 districts and counties in the city, with a cumulative affected population of more than 600,000 people and an area of 36,700 hectares of crops affected.
The Yangtze River Beach in Wuhan, which is in the flood season, does not see the surging river, and the hydrophilic platform also exposes a large beach. At 5 p.m. on Monday, the water level at Hankou Station of the Yangtze River was only 17.22 meters, the lowest for the same period since the Wuhan section of the Yangtze River was recorded.
The Wuhan Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters stated that following the Yangtze River entered the main flood season this year, the water level continued to drop, and there was a rare phenomenon of “reverse dry season”. increase.
Data show that since July 9, the precipitation in Wuhan has been 11.7% lower than that of the same period of the previous year; in early and mid-July, the water volume of Hankou Station, the control station in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, was 59.184 billion cubic meters, 18% less than the 30-year average.
