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China’s Heat Wave Could Be the Most Extreme on Record

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China’s Heat Wave Could Be the Most Extreme on Record

China’s Heat Wave Could Be the Most Extreme on Record

China's Heat Wave , Could Be the Most , Extreme on Record.

HuffPost reports that China's two-month-long stretch of hot weather may be the world's most extreme heat wave on record.

HuffPost reports that China's two-month-long stretch of hot weather may be the world's most extreme heat wave on record.

According to one climatologist, the summer's heat marks the longest continuous period of high temperatures China has experienced since records began in 1961.

According to one climatologist, the summer's heat marks the longest continuous period of high temperatures China has experienced since records began in 1961.

Maximiliano Herrera, a climatologist and weather historian, believes it may be the most severe heat wave ever recorded anywhere.

This combines the most extreme intensity with the most extreme length with an incredibly huge area all at the same time.

There is nothing in world climatic history which is even minimally comparable to what is happening in China, Maximiliano Herrera, climatologist and weather historian, via HuffPost.

Earlier this month, 'The New York Times' reported that temperatures have routinely passed 104 degrees Fahrenheit across China.

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Earlier this month, 'The New York Times' reported that temperatures have routinely passed 104 degrees Fahrenheit across China.

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In Chongqing, the temperature hit 113 degrees on at least one day.

In Chongqing, the temperature hit 113 degrees on at least one day.

Meanwhile, CNN has reported that severe droughts have dried up rivers, lakes and other bodies of water, including reservoirs that generate hydropower.

As a result, the province of Sichuan, home to 80 million people, has faced massive and widespread power outages.

HuffPost reports that many factories have closed and farmers are facing devastating crop losses.

At the same time, the United States is experiencing similar drought conditions, including what researchers believe is the driest spell in at least 1,200 years in the Southwest


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