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10 die in record Shanghai heatwave (worst in 140 years)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10213064/10-die-in-record-Shanghai-heatwave.html Much of China is in the grip of a summer heatwave, and the China Meteorological Association issued a high temperature warning for several eastern and central provinces, saying temperatures could reach 106F (41C) on Wednesday.
Long Guangming, a spokesman at the Shanghai Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, said there had been at least 10 victims of heat stroke up to last Friday in the city. He declined to give a more precise or more recent number.
City forecasters said temperatures were "rising rapidly".
Long Guangming, a spokesman at the Shanghai Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, said there had been at least 10 victims of heat stroke up to last Friday in the city. He declined to give a more precise or more recent number.
City forecasters said temperatures were "rising rapidly".
