China's commercial capital of Shanghai and dozens of other Chinese cities issued red alerts as unusually hot weather buckled roads and drove people to seek the cool in shelters underground
By 3 p.m. on Tuesday, 86 cities had issued red alerts, the highest in a three-tier warning system, warning of temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius in the next 24 hours. Construction and other outdoor work are to be halted.
Shanghai, which is still fighting sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19, told its population of 25 million to prepare for hot weather this week after issuing its first red alert in five years on Sunday. Since record-keeping began in 1873, Shanghai has had just 15 days of temperatures exceeding 40 degrees.Vendors reported surging sales of ice cream, melons and crayfish chilled in liquor, a popular summertime dish.
"This year, the heat has arrived a little earlier than before," said Shanghai resident Zhu Daren, as her five-year-old son played at a water fountain. "Although it is just July, I feel the warm weather has already reached the high point. Basically, you need to turn on the air-conditioning when you get home and put on some sunscreen when you go out."A woman covers herself with a towel and mask on a hot day, following a coronavirus disease outbreak in Shanghai, China July 11, 2022. REUTERS/Aly SongChina's summer of contrasts this year has brought havoc from heatwaves and heavy rainfall in turn.
Nanjing, one of China's three "furnaces" notorious for their searing summers, has opened its underground air-raid shelters to residents since Sunday, with its war-time bunkers equipped with WiFi, books, water dispensers and even microwave ovens.In Chongqing, the second "furnace", the roof of one museum literally melted, with the tiles of a traditional Chinese roof popping as the heat dissolved the underlying tar. The city called a red alert on Monday.
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