Alert: heat wave sweeps Beijing   

高温预警：7月京城热浪袭人

7月伊始，炙热的阳光给京城带来了连续3个超过35℃的高温天，持续的晴热天气将此前连绵阴雨带来的阴凉一扫而净。随着今夏第二波热浪正式来袭，北京气象部门日前发布48小时高温蓝色预警，提醒民众注意防暑降温，气象专家更预计7月的北京气温将整体偏高。

Beijing (CNS) -- The capital's meteorological authority issued a 48-hour high temperature alert Tuesday and predicted a particularly hot July this year.

High temperatures of over 35 degrees Celsius hit Beijing in the first three days of the month. The historic average for July is 31 degrees.

So far the year's highest temperature of 38 degrees Celsius was recorded on June 17.

However, the larger than average amount of rainfall in late June will continue this month, predicted Ai Wanxiu, from the China Meteorological Administration.

Rain will fall Wednesday, followed by two days of cooler weather at around 30 degrees Celsius, Wang Hua, from Beijing's weather authority, told CNS.

Wang suggested that children and the elderly should stay indoors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to avoid sunstroke.