Shanghai swelters with above 35 degrees
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E-mail CNTV, July 30, 2013
Shanghai is sweltering through its hottest July since records began. The temperature for 24 days so far this month has reached 35 degrees Celsius, or higher.
Weather experts say cold air which usually helps cool the south-eastern provinces of China is staying away - leaving cities under clouds of hot air. Relief is still at least a week away.
The umbrellas are up across Shanghai. There's no rain in sight - but shade is in short supply. Anything, to escape the heat.
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Shanghai is sweltering through its hottest July since records began. |
At the Shanghai Zoo - animals from Africa didn't seem phased. But watermelons were a treat just in case.
Except for Ping Ping the Panda. She ate bamboo, in the comfort of air conditioning.
Builders aren't so lucky.
"It's so hot! The heat is almost unbearable! I wish our boss would buy us more drinks! "said a citizen.
This man sells 30 cases of bottled water to hot and thirsty workers.
Tough work, through a month of record-breaking heat. The mercury climbed to 40.6 degrees Celsius in downtown Shanghai on Friday. The hottest since 1873.
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