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Air-raid shelters: ideal place for people in Chongqing to escape from scorching heat

Residents spend their leisure time in an air-raid shelter at People's Square in Chongqing, southwest China, July 11, 2018. An orange alert for high temperature was issued by the local observatory on Tuesday. The air-raid shelters, once used to protect Chongqing residents from air attacks during war time, have turned out to be an ideal place to escape from the scorching heat. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

Children play in an air-raid shelter at People's Square in Chongqing, southwest China, July 11, 2018. An orange alert for high temperature was issued by the local observatory on Tuesday. The air-raid shelters, once used to protect Chongqing residents from air attacks during war time, have turned out to be an ideal place to escape from the scorching heat. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)