News >China

    Scorching heat ravages China, prompts algae blooms

    2010-07-05 15:03

    Scorching heat ravages China, prompts algae blooms
    Two women sit on the street with an umbrella in hand to shield themselves from the sun in Beijing on July 4, 2010. The strongest heat wave so far this summer hit the city on Sunday, with the temperature at noon above 35 degrees Celsius. The city's meteorological center has issued this year's first yellow-coded heat alert for Sunday, warning the heat wave will continue for the next three days. [Photo/Asianewsphoto] Special coverage:Heatwave across China

    BEIJING - Chinese meteorological authorities said Monday hot weather continues to scorch many parts of the country.

    With temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius, at least 16 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities are sweltering in summer heat, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said when issuing a level yellow heat alert.

    The heatwave is affecting large parts of southern China, eastern Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, northwestern Gansu Province, and north China's Beijing, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Shanxi Province, the NMC said in a bulletin on its website.

    Temperatures might hit 40 degrees Celsius in some areas, it added.

    In Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, lakes and rivers have turned green and red as algae blooms flourish in the hot weather.

    The Xingqing Lake in Xingqing Palace Park has turned crimson.

    "Red algae is thriving in the heat wave with pollutants flushed into the lake by rains in May," said park spokesman Liang Zibin.

    A river surrounding the ancient city of Xi'an has turned green with algae and other water plants.

    In Hohhot, capital city of Inner Mongolia, electric fans and air conditioners are selling out quickly.

    "Medium- and low-priced air conditioners are all sold out," said a salesperson for Haier, a major Chinese electrical appliance brand.

    Drought is affecting corn and potato crops in Inner Mongolia, the regional meteorological bureau said.

    Nearly 400,000-square-kilometers of land in Inner Mongolia -- 37.8 percent of the region's total land area -- is suffering from drought, with some 147,000 square kilometers of it being hit by severe drought.

    East China's Fujian Province stepped up medical treatment efforts at the temporary relocation settlements for residents evacuated after the rainstorms and floods in late June.

    Medicine, water and food have been dispatched to the settlements, schools and other buildings housing the more than 1 million evacuees.

    In Fujian, at least 78 people died and 79 went missing in the rainstorms.

    Scorching heat ravages China, prompts algae blooms
    A woman feeds her dog watermelon to cool it down in the hot summer in Huaibei city in East China's Anhui province, July 4, 2010. [Photo/Asianewsphoto] Special coverage:Heatwave across China

    Related News:

    五月婷婷无码观看| 国产午夜片无码区在线播放| 色爱无码AV综合区| 最近免费中文字幕高清大全| 潮喷大喷水系列无码久久精品| 亚洲AV中文无码乱人伦| 亚洲人成国产精品无码| 精品国产一区二区三区无码| 免费一区二区无码东京热| 亚洲AV中文无码乱人伦下载| 久久久久无码精品| av无码免费一区二区三区| 小13箩利洗澡无码视频网站| 中文字幕日韩理论在线| 日韩欧美成人免费中文字幕| 日本乱中文字幕系列| 中文字幕人妻中文AV不卡专区| 日韩乱码人妻无码中文字幕视频| 日韩免费人妻AV无码专区蜜桃 | 无码任你躁久久久久久久| 亚洲av无码一区二区三区网站 | 久久AV无码精品人妻糸列| 亚洲欧美中文字幕| 亚洲国产精彩中文乱码AV| 亚洲精品无码专区在线播放| 亚洲?V无码乱码国产精品| 国产日韩精品无码区免费专区国产| 人妻丰满熟妞av无码区| 久久久无码精品亚洲日韩按摩| 亚洲Aⅴ无码专区在线观看q| 无码人妻精品一区二区三区66 | 波多野结AV衣东京热无码专区| 无码国内精品久久人妻| 久久AV高清无码| 日韩乱码人妻无码中文视频| 亚洲AV永久无码精品一区二区国产| 无码毛片一区二区三区中文字幕 | 久久人妻AV中文字幕| а√在线中文网新版地址在线| 五月天中文字幕mv在线| 日本中文字幕网站|