China has marked its historical record of temperatures with 52.2 degrees resisted on July 16 in the region of Xinjiangwhile Europe fights the third heat wave of the summer and Italy could approach the maximum of the continent, 48.8 degreesachieved two years ago in Sicily.
The previous record in China It was 50.6 degrees in July 2017. The 52.2 degrees were reached in the west of the country in the town of Sanbao, in the Turfan depression, one of the lowest and hottest points on the planet. The authorities recommended students and workers to stay at home, while special teams with nebulizers tried to mitigate the heat on the main roads of the city.
The maximum in China coincided with the visit of the special envoy of the North American climate John Kerry a beijing where he met his counterpart Xie Zhenhua. “It is imperative that China and the United States make real progress in the next four months,” Kerry said, referring to the Cop28 which will be held at the end of the year in Arab Emirates.
In the Valley of Death it reached 53.9 degrees on Sunday, in the middle of a heat wave in the southwest of USA and in one of the most intense fire seasons in California. In Canada Almost 900 fires that have already burned an area of more than 10 million hectares are still active. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid tribute to the death of 19-year-old Devyn Wales, the second firefighter to be killed in action this season.
In ItaliaMeanwhile, temperatures of up to 48 degrees are expected in sardinia and Sicily this week, while 16 cities are on red alert. The Minister of Health, Horace Schillaciappealed to tourists to take extreme precautions when visiting monuments in Romawhich will foreseeably exceed 43 degrees.