China is not beating the heat this summer! The National Meteorological Center announced Sunday that the country is entering a phase wherein high temperatures are inevitable. Hence, the center issued a yellow alert as China has already entered the summer season, according to China.org.cn.

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However, the yellow alert is still not the most severe weather warning. As per China's four-tier weather warning system that is represented by four colors, the yellow alert isn't that gravely serious.

The red alert represents the most severe weather warning signal and this is followed by the orange alert, then the yellow alert and, finally, the blue alert.

On Monday, China's northern, central and eastern regions experienced a heat wave with temperatures spiking as high as 40 degrees Celsius.

The higher temperatures China is bound to experience this week is not new at all. Since May, local media have learned that China's northern areas have been facing droughts. The primary contributor to this is the hot weather.

"The upcoming heat wave will even worsen the drought. Local governments should work to reduce its impact on agricultural production," local weather authorities said, ECNS.cn has learned. 

Drought is not only visible in farming areas, Beijing's primary water source called the Miyun Reservoir has since shrunk in volume compared to the previous year. Authorities said the reservoir suffered at least 39 percent of decline in volume thus far.

Meanwhile, in other parts of China, drought is not the main issue, typhoon Chan-Hom is. However, the said typhoon has already been downgraded by the meteorological authority of China from red alert status to orange alert.

The National Meteorological Center (NMC) said Chan-Hom was packing up to 35 meters per second winds at around 5 a.m. on Sunday, reported Yibada.

The winds of Chan-Hom are expected to gradually become weaker once the typhoon reaches the Yellow sea.

Nonetheless, certain areas like Heilongjiang, Shandong and Liaoning are expected to experience rain storms as NMC issued a blue rainstorm alert in the said provinces.

Despite Chan-Hom's presence in the country, China has not identified casualties at all. A report about the number of injured citizens has yet to surface as well. 

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