Women hold umbrellas to shield them from the sultry heat as a
barometer stands at 38 C on a street in Taizhou, east China's
Zhejiang Province July 18.
Local temperatures will be above 37 C in the coming days,
prompting the local observatory to issue a yellow warning, a sign
of scorching heat, in areas including Hangzhou, Ningbo, Taizhou and
Jinhua as well as Lishui.
(Newsphoto July 19, 2007)
