China's heat-scorched southern regions will be cooled down starting Monday from the effects of Typhoon Nida, but some northern regions will experience temperatures topping 40 C, according to weather forecasters Sunday.
China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) Sunday morning raised an orange alert for high temperatures, including parts of Northwest Shaanxi Province and North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Those regions will experience daytime Sunday temperatures from 35-39 C, with temperatures in some regions including Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Hunan Province reaching 41 C.
The fourth typhoon this year, Nida is expected to bring cooler air to the southern regions, including the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River starting Monday. They will experience temperatures slightly over 30 C by Wednesday.
Weathermen said warmer temperatures will move north and east with increasing intensity from Sunday to Thursday, and the maximum temperature in regions including Beijing and Liaoning Province is expected to reach record highs, with some areas at over 40 C.
Typhoon Nida is expected to hit south China's Guangdong Province on Tuesday, with maximum winds of up to 162 kilometers per hour, said NMC, warning of gale-force winds and torrential rain in coastal areas, including Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
