Many cities in China are suffering from scorching heat, damaging the roof and road surface, causing people to go to the shelter to cool down.
As of this afternoon, 86 cities have a red warning, the highest in the three -level warning system in China, the temperature is expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius in the next 24 hours.
In a town in Jiangxi province, southern China, a road was warped at least 15 cm because of the heat.
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Nanjing opened shelters for residents from July 10 to cool down.
In Chongqing, the roof of a cafe in the museum of the city was damaged, the tiles were expanded because the heat flows the dark layer below.
The roof of a cafe in Chongqing museum was damaged by the heat on 11/7.
Temperature, moisture and ultraviolet radiation are also expected to increase this week in Wuhan.
In Shanghai, the place where CIVI-19 epidemic still has to be responded to, the image of a medical worker wearing a protective clothing hugging a 1 m high ice block was shared strongly on social networks.
Since 1873, Shanghai has only recorded 15 days with a temperature exceeding 40 degrees C.
This year's hot sun came a bit earlier, Zhu Daren, Shanghai residents, said.
China is going through a summer with hot sun and heavy rain alternately, causing damage to many areas.
Medical staff wear protective clothes hugging ice to cool in Shanghai.
Heavy rains poured into the industrial belt in northeastern China, causing floods to engulf roads, vehicles and widespread traffic.
Heavy rains for many days caused cities in southern China to be deep and hundreds of thousands of people evacuate.