Heat wave lingers in North China
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-07-04 10:43
The National Meteorological Center has been issuing yellow alerts for high temperatures as North China has been hit by a heat wave.
On Tuesday, temperatures in Linzhou and Anyang in Central China's Henan province exceeded 40 C.
Temperatures are expected to reach 38-40 C and even surpass 40 C on Thursday in the southwestern part of Liaoning, southern Beijing, Tianjin, south-central Hebei, northern Henan, west-central Shandong, southwestern Shaanxi, western Inner Mongolia, western Gansu and the south Xinjiang basin.
The National Meteorological Center estimates that high temperatures in south-central North China, the Huanghe-Huaihe area and south Xinjiang basin will last till Friday.
The high-temperature subsidy, which is issued from June to September, has increased in some cities.
Tianjin's high-temperature subsidy is 32 yuan (about $4.7) per day this year, compared with 31 yuan last year.
Shanghai's high-temperature subsidy has risen to 300 yuan per month this year, from last year's 200 yuan.
Fujian's high-temperature subsidy went up to 260 yuan per month this year.
Workers exposed to outdoor temperatures above 35 C as well as those who work indoors in temperatures higher than 33 C are entitled to a high-temperature subsidy.
