All Rights Reserved. (Chinatopix via AP). Temperatures from 39C to 42C (102.2F-107.6F) are expected in the southern region after July 20, including the provinces of Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Fujian. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the historic flooding. The two-pronged weather emergency that China is experiencing reflects a global trend of increasingly frequent and lengthy episodes of extreme weather driven by climate change. China's central economic planner estimates that extreme weather will shave off one to three percent of the country's GDP every year. South China Floods Force Tens of Thousands to Evacuate, A worker checks a section of flooded railway in Shangrao in central China's Jiangxi province, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. First, the Communist Party has spent lavishly to respond to emergencies, especially since a devastating earthquake in 2008, says Scott Moore of the University of Pennsylvania. //