{"id":42520,"date":"2024-08-08T13:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=42520"},"modified":"2024-08-08T13:00:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T13:00:41","slug":"chinas-municipality-issues-red-alert-for-high-temperatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/08\/08\/chinas-municipality-issues-red-alert-for-high-temperatures\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Municipality Issues Red Alert for High Temperatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chongqing Municipality in southwest China issued a red alert on Thursday for high temperatures, the highest level in the country\u2019s high-temperature alert system.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty districts and counties in Chongqing are expected to see temperatures surpass 40 degrees Celsius between 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The alert is according to the Chongqing Meteorological Service.<\/p>\n<p>The meteorological department has advised people in those areas to guard against fires and to reduce outdoor activities.<\/p>\n<p>Chongqing has been enduring a heatwave since earlier this week, with orange alerts, the second-highest level for high temperatures, issued for Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Red is the highest level in China\u2019s three-tier high-temperature alert system, followed by orange and yellow.<\/p>\n<p>A red alert is issued when temperatures are forecast to exceed 40 degrees Celsius within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The megacity of Chongqing is dubbed the \u201cfurnace city\u2019\u2019 due to its scorching summers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chongqing Municipality in southwest China issued a red alert on Thursday for high temperatures, the highest level in the country\u2019s high-temperature alert system. Thirty districts and counties in Chongqing are expected to see temperatures surpass 40 degrees Celsius between 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The alert is according to the Chongqing Meteorological Service. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":42521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42520"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42547,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42520\/revisions\/42547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}