World's largest indoor ski resort opens in Shanghai as China logs hottest month
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Shanghai: Shanghai opened the world s largest indoor ski resort on Friday, welcoming visitors in snowsuits to its pistes as China reported its hottest...
Shanghai: Shanghai opened the world's largest indoor ski resort on Friday, welcoming visitors in snowsuits to its pistes as China reported its hottest August in 60 years.
This year's northern summer saw the highest global temperatures ever recorded, and in the faux Alpine square where the resort's opening ceremony took place, the mercury had already hit 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) by 9:00 am.
But the temperature plummeted to well below zero inside the cavernous atrium, where visitors switched from sunglasses and T-shirts into padded overalls, some opting for designer goggles or flapping bat-winged helmets.
At the top of a piste, snowboarder Jessica Zhang was unfazed by the August heat record.
