Beijing authorities and residents have been on high alert on Sunday for potential city inundation and flooding and debris flows in suburban areas, after a rare red alert for extreme weather was issued in the Chinese capital on Saturday.
Since the start of summer, residents from across China have found themselves experiencing a summer so hot that it could be recorded in the history books. According to the latest monitoring assessment by the National Meteorological Center (NMC), the national average temperature in July was the second-highest on record since 1961.
China s top meteorological authority has issued the high-temperature warning for 12 days as blistering heat waves continued to smother regions across China since June 13 and will last until at least mid-August.
Major cities in South China s Guangdong Province including Guangzhou and Zhuhai have announced plans to suspend primary and middle schools, as well as public transport, ahead of the