Sizzling summer tops the record list
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Meteorologists">Meteorologists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="labeled">labeled</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hottest">hottest</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="nationwide">nationwide</span> <span word="records">records</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1951, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="sweltering">sweltering</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="prolonged">prolonged</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="wave">wave</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="record">record</span>-<span word="breaking">breaking</span> 44 <span word="C">C</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="registered">registered</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Xinchang">Xinchang</span>, <span word="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Meteorological">Meteorological</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="issued">issued</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="orange">orange</span> <span word="alert">alert</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="record">record</span> 21<span word="st">st</span> <span word="straight">straight</span> <span word="day">day</span>.</p><p><span word="Weather">Weather</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="four">four</span>-<span word="tier">tier</span>, <span word="color">color</span>-<span word="coded">coded</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="system">system</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="severe">severe</span>, <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="orange">orange</span>, <span word="yellow">yellow</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="blue">blue</span>.</p><p>"<span word="On">On</span> <span word="Aug">Aug</span> 6, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="peak">peak</span>, <span word="affecting">affecting</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 700 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> 19 <span word="provinces">provinces</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="regions">regions</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="Youmin">Youmin</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="researcher">researcher</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Meteorological">Meteorological</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Climate">Climate</span> <span word="Center">Center</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worst">worst</span>-<span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="provinces">provinces</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</span>, <span word="Jiangsu">Jiangsu</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Jiangxi">Jiangxi</span>, <span word="had">had</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="maximum">maximum</span> <span word="temperature">temperature</span> <span word="of">of</span> 35.6 <span word="C">C</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="July">July</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="temperatures">temperatures</span> <span word="at">at</span> 477 <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="sites">sites</span> <span word="setting">setting</span> <span word="records">records</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Meteorological">Meteorological</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Climatologist">Climatologist</span> <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Weijing">Weijing</span> <span word="said">said</span>, "<span word="With">With</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="warming">warming</span>, <span word="extreme">extreme</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="abnormally">abnormally</span> <span word="hot">hot</span> <span word="summers">summers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="winters">winters</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="frequent">frequent</span>."</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="temperatures">temperatures</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="prompted">prompted</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="warnings">warnings</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="dozens">dozens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span>, <span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="drought">drought</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="challenging">challenging</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 30 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="July">July</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="hospitalized">hospitalized</span>.</p>
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