BAGHDAD (Xinhua) – A new heat wave has engulfed Iraq with temperature jumping to about 50 degrees Celsius in the central and southern provinces, the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said in a statement on Wednesday. The maximum temperature in the southern provinces of Basra, Qadisiyah, and Muthanna climbed to 51 degrees Celsius, according to the statement. The temperature reached 50 degrees Celsius in the capital Baghdad and the provinces of Salahudin, Anbar, Karbala, Najaf, Maysan and Dhi Qar, the statement said.