Heat wave devastates china's provinces-Hangzhou city is hottest city in China

At least 10 people have been confirmed dead from heatstroke in Shanghai city, as china continues to experience a scotching heat wave, reports say. The elderly, children are the most hit categories of people. In china the youth tend to travel to cities leaving their elderly parents in villages with no help. the government recently passed a law forcing the children to visit and care for their parents.

Nine provinces have been severely affected leading to a national heat alert. The Chinese authority declared the provinces which include; Anhui, Chongqing, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei and Shanghai. All the nine have had their temperatures sustained above 35⁰C in the month of July.

According to Shanghai’s chief service officer Mr Wu Rui, It is in July of this year that Shanghai city reached 40.6 degrees Celsius the highest temperature ever in its records. The heat is too much that plants have started wilting, soil cracking and leaves falling off trees.  

The public have been urged to take protective measures and avoid open-air activities.

There are other affected cities with Hangzhou city being China’s most sizzling city. The city recorded more than 400C for 6 consecutive days which is believed to be the hottest time ever recorded since the 50s when they started recording temperature.  Many people have been seen carrying umbrellas to shield them from direct heat from the sun. Also many abandon their houses during day to seek shelter from the cave by the mountain where it is 220C. Other places with air conditioners like libraries are getting more visitors. Reports from Hangzhou Library indicate that on Sunday it surpassed 2000 visitors, a number which is thrice their average number of visitors.  Although Hangzhou swanks of being heaven on earth due to their beautiful sceneries reports indicate that the number of tourists has significantly reduced.

According to most people it is impossible to for one leave in their house without air conditioners.

The authorities are now considering inducing artificial rain to cool the hot weather.

Meanwhile the heat wave which struck south Eastern Europe has also continued to for some time. The sternly affected countries are Hungary, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria and form the nucleus of the heat. Temperatures in the affected areas have ranged between 10-20 degrees higher than normal.