Extreme heat cracks roadways and explodes roof tiles, prompting China to issue a red alert.

Shanghai, the commercial Centre of China, and other cities are experiencing excessive heat, causing strange events like roads to buckle and roofs to pop off, and forcing residents to seek cooler shelter underground.
Red alerts for temperatures approaching 40 degrees Celsius were issued for 86 localities on Tuesday. All outdoor construction has stopped.
Shanghai, which has a population of 25 million and has been experiencing temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius for more than 15 days, issued a red alert to its residents on Sunday.
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A red alert was issued on Tuesday for a portion of road in Jiangxi province that had arches of up to 6 inches.