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More than 200 million people have been affected in the north of the country, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees on some days.
According to CNN, the country has been experiencing record heat in the last 6 months.
In a statement released by the National Meteorological Center, it has been said that four more effective heat waves have occurred in the country this year compared to previous years.
The country is experiencing its hottest summer since 1961 with an average of 35 degrees Celsius.
More than 200 million people in the north of the country have been affected by temperatures exceeding 40 degrees on some days.
Cao Bing, head of the Department of Meteorology, has said that the extreme heat is related to El Nino weather events and that is why the summer rains in the south of the country and droughts in the north have increased.
Temperatures are expected to rise further in the north of the country.
In southwestern China, 10,000 people were displaced by the disaster, which has been described as the “worst flood in the past 50 years”.
About 70 houses were destroyed in the floods. Initial estimates put the damage at at least $79 million.
No casualty has been reported in this calamity yet.
