National Climate Centre warns of unrelenting heatChina has been besieged by extreme hot weather in recent weeks ahead of summer proper. In the next three days, most of southern China is expected to be hit by temperatures of more than 35 Celsius, with temperatures in some areas exceeding 40C, according to national forecasters on Friday. Like many parts of Asia, China has been besieged by extreme hot weather in recent weeks ahead of summer proper in the northern hemisphere. But how they are occurring - it's just been week on week on week of these records being shattered," said Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, a climate scientist with the University of New South Wales. Powerful convection weather has also wreaked havoc in central China in recent weeks, with protracted downpours and even hail devastating the country's ongoing wheat harvest.

Source: Daily Nation June 02, 2023 23:31 UTC