Beijing's temperature soars past 40 degrees Celsius: Report

Beijing [China], July 7 (ANI): Beijing's temperature soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) on Thursday, as the Chinese capital faces one the most severe heat waves on record, CNN reported.

Beijing has since 1951 seen temperatures rising above 40C (104F) on 11 days, and five of them occurred over the past two weeks.

The city of 22 million has already seen a new record for its hottest day in June, with a h