Beijing steps up hot weather alert to highest level

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Beijing upgraded its warning for hot weather to ‘red’ - the highest in a color-coded alert system - saying most parts of the Chinese capital could roast in temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius

People walk on a street amid an orange alert for heatwave in Beijing, China June 22, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

A weather station in its southern suburbs, considered to be Beijing's main gauge, recorded 41.1C in the afternoon. The previous June high was logged on June 10, 1961, when the mercury hit 40.6C. China has a four-tier weather warning system, with red the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue. A red alert indicates the temperature is set to rise above 40C within 24 hours.

High temperature monitoring and warnings would continue on a rolling basis in places including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan and Inner Mongolia, it added.

 

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