China sees record temperatures while students mention the heat wave – national

Universities in Sharqia China I was quick to upgrade their housing with air conditioning, and the other allows students to sleep in cooler libraries, near Registration temperatures It raised concerns about the health of students and employees.

One student at the University of Qingdao in Shandong suffered from a thermal stroke, and the school will upgrade its students ’accommodation during the summer vacation, according to Jimu News, an arm of the state -run Hubei Daily.

A member of the team died there on Sunday morning after they showed signs of “physical distress”, without saying whether this was linked to the heat wave. Jimo News said that the employee was the supervisor of a dormitory.

A total of 28 sites in all the Central Sinwan and East Shandong provinces issued their most severe heat alerts on Monday.

Parts of the coastal city of Qingdao witnessed temperatures rising to 40.5 ° C (104.9 degrees Fahrenheit) during the weekend, only 0.5 ° C less than the highest grades that were recorded there since the records started in 1961, according to Chengdao official.

The University of Chengdao, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters, was one of at least six colleges in Shandong to announce plans to upgrade student housing in recent days.

Yantai Nanashan University, in Shandong, also said on Monday that it will allow students to survive overnight in libraries because they are ready to work in student halls.

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The video clips published by Jimu News showed dozens of students sitting on the floor in the air -conditioned supermarkets to escape the heat.

The heat wave has accumulated pressure on the energy network in China. The national electricity load increased to 1.47 billion kilowatts on Friday, as the demand for air conditioning increased, according to CCTV.

Ads will fuel concerns about the alert Chinese institutions for harsh air events, which scientists say are exacerbated by the phenomenon of global warming.

In 2022, China had wounded the worst heat waves since 1961, with many parts of the hot talisman for 79 days from mid -June to late August.

According to the 2023 report published in the medical journal The Lancet, there were about 50,900 heat -related deaths in China that year.

No official death was revealed at that time. China does not provide regular lists of heat -related deaths.

(Participate in reporting Ethan Wang, Ryan Wu, Liz Lee and Chaywi Lee; Liberation by Andrew Hevins)