China's Heat Wave , Could Be the Most , Extreme on Record.<br />HuffPost reports that China's two-month-long <br />stretch of hot weather may be the world's <br />most extreme heat wave on record.<br />HuffPost reports that China's two-month-long <br />stretch of hot weather may be the world's <br />most extreme heat wave on record.<br />According to one climatologist, the summer's heat <br />marks the longest continuous period of high temperatures <br />China has experienced since records began in 1961.<br />According to one climatologist, the summer's heat <br />marks the longest continuous period of high temperatures <br />China has experienced since records began in 1961.<br />Maximiliano Herrera, a climatologist and <br />weather historian, believes it may be the most <br />severe heat wave ever recorded anywhere.<br />This combines the most extreme intensity <br />with the most extreme length with an <br />incredibly huge area all at the same time. <br />There is nothing in world climatic history <br />which is even minimally comparable <br />to what is happening in China, Maximiliano Herrera, climatologist <br />and weather historian, via HuffPost.<br />Earlier this month, 'The New York Times' <br />reported that temperatures have routinely <br />passed 104 degrees Fahrenheit across China. .<br />Earlier this month, 'The New York Times' <br />reported that temperatures have routinely <br />passed 104 degrees Fahrenheit across China. .<br />In Chongqing, <br />the temperature hit <br />113 degrees on at least one day.<br />In Chongqing, <br />the temperature hit <br />113 degrees on at least one day.<br />Meanwhile, CNN has reported that severe droughts <br />have dried up rivers, lakes and other bodies of water, <br />including reservoirs that generate hydropower.<br />As a result, the province of Sichuan, <br />home to 80 million people, has faced <br />massive and widespread power outages.<br />HuffPost reports that many factories have closed and farmers are facing devastating crop losses.<br />At the same time, the United States is experiencing similar drought conditions, including what researchers believe is the driest spell in at least 1,200 years in the Southwest
