China logs hottest August since records began

Southern China last month sweltered below what consultants aforesaid could are one among the worst heat waves in international history, with components of the province and also the megacity of Chongqing duration a string of days overrun 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).

China has logged its hottest August since records began, state media reported  Tuesday, following a curiously intense summer wave that parched rivers, scorched crops and triggered isolated blackouts.

Southern China last month sweltered below what consultants aforesaid could are one among the worst heat waves in international history, with components of province and also the megacity of Chongqing duration a string of days overrun 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).

The average temperature nationwide was 22.4C in August, exceptional the norm by 1.2C, state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing the country’s weather service.

Some 267 weather stations across the country matched or stone-broke temperature records last month, the report aforesaid.

It was conjointly China’s third-driest August on record, with average rain of 23.1 % not up to average.

“The average variety of high-temperature days was abnormally high, and regional high-temperature processes are continued to impact our country,” CCTV reported the weather service as speech.

Scientists say extreme weather like heat waves, droughts and flash floods is changing into a lot of frequent and intense because of human-induced global climate change.