Heat blisters normally cool Northeast Liang Shuang

The Inner Mongolia autonomous region and provinces in Northeast China, which are favorite tourist destinations for escaping summer heat, experienced an unusual heat wave, with temperatures of more than 40 C for the past two days.

But the heat is expected to ease starting from Friday, after a little rain.

Temperatures in Inner Mongolia's Hulunbuir hit a record high of 44.1 C on Wednesday. Dozens of people sought medical assistance for heatstroke. The previous record in the city, nicknamed "China's cold pole", was 42.5 C.