But the mercury will continue upward for southern inland cities

Tropical Storm Chebi will ease heat stress in coastal cities of South China, bringing wind and rain, but temperatures in southern inland cities will continue to shoot upward before mid-August, meteorologists said on Thursday.

Ma Xuekuan, chief weather forecaster of the National Meteorological Center, said temperatures in most parts of Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Jiangxi provinces, as well as Shanghai, will hit 40 C in the coming week.