"BEIJING - The temperature in Beijing breached 41 degrees Celsius on Thursday and shattered the record for the hottest day in June as heatwaves that had seared northern China a week earlier returned to the Chinese capital.
A weather station in the southern suburbs, considered to be Beijing's main gauge, recorded 41.1C (106 Fahrenheit) at 3:19 p.m. (0719 GMT), according to the official Beijing Daily. The previous June high was logged on June 10, 1961, when the mercury hit 40.6C.
In Tanghekou in Beijing's northeast, the temperature pushed even higher to 41.8C helping the small township clinch the title of the hottest spot in China on Thursday.
Beijing has raised an orange alert, the second-most severe weather warning, saying temperatures could be as high as 39C from Thursday to Saturday."
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