China's 'heat pole' bakes as temperature hits 83 C
By Mao Weihua and Wang Jianfen |
chinadaily.com.cn |
Updated: 2018-06-27 11:18
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More than 2,500 tourists flocked to Northwest China's Turpan to enjoy the extreme heat as temperature rose to 83 C at 16:00 on Monday, Xinjiang Morning Post reported on Tuesday.
It was the highest ground surface temperature recorded this year, the newspaper citing an official in Turpan said.
