with more than 40°C recorded, Beijing and its region are suffocating in the heat

Beijing and its region are suffocating. The Chinese capital recorded, Thursday, June 22, 41.1°C. This is the hottest day for a month of June since weather records began in 1961 . V Friday morning, 185 Red alerts, the highest level of meteorology in China, have been issued over a large northern and eastern quarter of China, which includes Beijing, the metropolis of Tianjin, as well as the bordering provinces of Hebei and Shandong.

The country has been facing extreme weather conditions and locally unusual temperatures in recent months, exacerbated by climate change. According to local media, 17 national weather stations broke temperature records. In the coastal province of Shandong, in the northeast of the country, the temperature even reached locally Thursday 43°C, according to the meteorological services.

The severe heat is expected to persist in northern and eastern China for at least eight days, meteorological services warned on Friday. “The city’s observatory predicts a temperature between 37 and 40°C until June 25”relays the office of France Télévisions in China on Twitter.

On Friday, in the streets of Beijing, residents move with their faces completely covered with a mask and wear hats to protect themselves from the sun. Many inhabitants are looking for the smallest source of water to cool off.