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Heat wave conditions to continue
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RESIDENTS will have to endure the scorching heat for another week as the mercury soars to as high as 40 degrees Celsius, forecasters said yesterday.
People are advised to drink plenty of water and those with health conditions that make them vulnerable to the heat should stay indoors, said the Shanghai Health and Family Planning Commission.
“Those who have symptoms like dizzyness, nausea, thirst and tightness in the chest are likely suffering from heatstroke. They must be moved to places with electric fans or air-conditioning and drink lots of water. Ice bags can be put on the forehead and neck,” the commission said.
Those in a more serious condition must be rushed to hospital, it added.
An 80-year-old man in Jiading District suffered heatstroke on Saturday afternoon because he did not turn on his air conditioning to save on the cost of electricity, according to the Ruijin Hospital North.
He fainted and was pale and out of breath when his daughter brought him to the hospital, where a doctor said he could have died without treatment.
A strong subtropical pressure system from the west Pacific Ocean will bring temperatures above 38 degrees through Friday. The temperature will touch down a bit to a high of 37 degrees today, but it will rise again from tomorrow, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said.
The sizzling heat is expected to be accompanied by thunder and showers in the afternoons, especially from tomorrow through Thursday, the bureau said.
Shanghai has been enduring continuously hot weather since the plum rain season ended last Wednesday.
The bureau issued the city’s first red heat wave alert this year at 2:10pm on Saturday as the mercury surged to 40 degrees Celsius in downtown’s Xujiahui area.
The bureau issued an orange alert yesterday morning as the temperature reached 38.7 degrees in downtown. Jiading District recorded the city’s highest temperature — 39 degrees — yesterday afternoon. The bureau also issued yellow alerts in the afternoon for thunder, lightning and gales.
The air was slightly polluted yesterday afternoon as the ozone density rose quickly under the scorching sun. More of the same is expected today and tomorrow.
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