China experiences a record-breaking high of 52 degrees Celsius, a drastic change from the minus 50 degrees Celsius weather the country was battling just six months ago
China is no stranger to dramatic swings in temperatures across the seasons but the swings are getting wider./ Photo: Reuters
A remote township in China's arid northwest has endured temperatures of more than 52 degrees Celsius, setting a record for a country that was battling minus 50C weather just six months ago. Temperatures at Sanbao township in Xinjiang's Turpan Depression soared as high as 52.2C on Sunday, state-run Xinjiang Daily reported on Monday, with the record heat expected to persist at least another five days.
The Sunday temperature broke a previous record of 50.3C, measured in 2015 near Ayding in the depression, a vast basin of sand dunes and dried-up lakes more than 150 metre below sea level., stoking concerns about their ability to adapt to a rapidly changing climate. The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5C is moving out of reach, climate experts say.
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