Shanghai: Feeling hot, hot, hot ... and sticky
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People walk on a local street yesterday as Shanghai's weather authority issued this year's first yellow alert for a heat wave at 10:20 a.m. when the mercury in thermometers soars. [Photo/Shanghai Daily] |
The Shanghai Meteorological Bureau issued its first heat wave warning of the year yesterday as the mercury rose to a high of 35.8 degrees Celsius in Songjiang District.
The "yellow" alert was posted at 10:20am in response to the soaring temperatures across the city, forecasters said.
Five districts — Qingpu, Songjiang, Baoshan, Jiading and Minhang — reported highs of 35-plus degrees, while in all but one of the others, the mercury topped out at between 34 and 35 degrees.
Only in Chongming County did it fall below 34, achieving a comparatively modest 33.9 degrees, the bureau said.
"It's not very sunny, but it's really hot and sticky," a woman walking through the city's downtown told Shanghai Daily.
Another woman, who was pushing her grandson in a stroller, said: "It's a lot hotter today than it was yesterday. Even the baby is sweating."
Zhu Jiehua, a chief service officer at the bureau, said the steep rise in temperature was due to a bank of a high pressure over Shanghai.
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