[北京 ２２日 ロイター] ――It is expected that various parts of China will be hit by the heat once more for the next 10 days, and the temperature is expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius in many areas. The alert level has been raised to the highest level in Zhejiang’s cities, where manufacturing is concentrated.
The heat wave has caused a rapid increase in the use of air conditioners in homes, businesses, and factories, and the load on the power grid has reached record levels.
According to officials, the risk of forest fires is increasing in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Hunan provinces.
According to Chinese media, the hottest temperature in the last 300 years was 44.4 degrees Celsius, which was confirmed in July 1743 during the Qing dynasty.
In 2015, media in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reported that it recorded 50.3 degrees at a meteorological station near Lake Aiding.
