(ECNS) -- The heat and humidity in central China's Changsha City has troubled several Africans, who are usually thought to be familiar with those kinds of temperatures, Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported.
An African woman showed symptoms of heat stroke in the capital of Hunan Province on July 9 while rushing to the airport. Fortunately, staff at a drug store helped relieve her ailment with guasha, a traditional Chinese medical treatment, and cold tea.
A staff member surnamed Zhou, who helped the woman, said she looked in great pain at the time and kept wiping off sweat, but she refused to seek help at a hospital.
An Angolan student studying at Central South University, also located in Changsha, was found to be suffering from heat stroke back in 2013. The student told his Chinese classmates that Changsha was much hotter than where he is from in Africa and he dared not to walk outside at noon.
Two Cameroon students currently at Hunan University also agreed that Changsha's summer is a huge challenge since it's both hot and damp, while their homeland only has high temperatures.
A Liberian student said he would prefer to stay in an air-conditioned room 24 hours a day in Changsha. He said a hat in his home country protects him from the sunlight but makes his head sore due to the sultry weather in Changsha.
Local resident Xiao, who has worked in Ghana, Liberia and other African countries over eight years, said the continent is hot and dry, but Changsha's heat and humidity is more insufferable.
Experts at Hunan Province Meteorological Observatory said summer is very hot here because humidity, the amount of water vapor in the air, is surpassing 80 percent and that the city generally has weak winds, so people feel hot air enveloping their bodies.
