Refreshing spot: Children cooling off at a water fountain in Shanghai. — Reuters
BEIJING: Dozens of Chinese cities baked in scorching temperatures as heatwaves melted the roofs of buildings and buckled roads, and sweltering weather drove people to seek the cool in raid shelters underground.
As at 11am yesterday, 68 cities – including Shanghai and nearby Nanjing – had issued red alerts, the highest in a three-tier heatwave warning system, forecasting temperatures in excess of 40°C over the next 24 hours.
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