The authorities in China have evacuated more than 1,500 people from their homes and moved them to shelters due to the wildfires raging in the southwest of the country, and have deployed more than five thousand civil and military personnel to deal with the fires with the help of helicopters.
And the Chinese newspaper (Global Times) reported today, Monday, that the rationing of energy use in factories has been extended due to record increases in temperatures and drought in many areas for weeks.
Drought and continuous heat waves have caused a number of forest fires to erupt in mountainous areas of southwest China’s Chongqing City, according to the city’s information department.
Weather forecasts indicate that hot weather will continue in Chongqing in the coming days, with the highest temperatures reaching more than 40 degrees Celsius. The Chongqing “forest chiefs” initiative also issued an urgent order to strengthen forest fire prevention and control, to ensure the safety of people’s lives and property.
Large parts of China have recently been witnessing the most severe heat waves since 1961, when the National Meteorological Center of China issued a red alert to confront high temperatures, the highest degree in China’s four-level weather warning system, with expectations that heat waves will gradually recede. By the end of this week.
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