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The crippling drought that is exacerbated by the record of hot waves has spread in half China and reaches the usually cold highlands, according to official data released before the more burning temperature on August 25. The second largest economy in the world has experienced more than 70 days of heat waves, floods and drought – phenomena which according to scientists become more frequent and intense due to climate change. (Source: AFP)
South China has recorded the longest high temperature period since the record began more than 60 years ago, said the Ministry of Agriculture this week. Experts say the intensity, scope, and duration of heat waves can make it the worst one recorded in global history. (Source: AFP)
A graph from the national climate center shows on August 24 that the southern Chinese plots – including the Tibetan highlands – experienced “severe” to the “extraordinary” drought conditions. The area affected by the worst of Yangtze, stretches from Shanghai Beach to Sichuan Province in Southwest China-is home to more than 370 million people and contains several manufacturing centers including megacity chongqing. (Source: AFP)
Chinese meteorology administration estimates high temperatures that are ongoing up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in Chongqing and Sichuan and Zhejiang Provinces on August 25. But some regions get help from heat waves. The southwest part was beaten by heavy rain overnight, causing an evacuation of nearly 30,000 people, reported CCTV State announcer. (Source: AFP)
And in the southeast, Typhoon Ma-On landed in Guangdong Coastal and Hong Kong Province on Thursday morning. “High temperatures have basically been reduced in the southern China, Jiangxi and Anhui regions,” Meteorology Administration said. “But high temperatures will continue for the next three days in the area including the Sichuan Basin and the provinces around Shanghai.” (Source: AFP)
The Chinese State Council on August 24 announced 10 billion yuan ($ 1.45 billion) subsidies to support rice farmers who experienced drought conditions, which have been warned by the authorities to cause “severe threats” to the autumn harvest this year. China produces more than 95 percent of rice, wheat and corn consumed, but harvest reduction can mean an increase in demand for imports in the world’s most populous countries – putting further pressure on global supply that has been tense by conflict in Ukraine. (Source: AFP)
The Evening News CCTV broadcast Wednesday shows a truck that supplies villagers who do not have drinking water and agriculture in the rural Sichuan and Chongqing. These areas have also struggled against forest fires since last week, exacerbated by high temperatures and scarcity of water. (Source: AFP)
The owner of the livestock has been bad, with the Chongqing authority promising emergency steps to protect the pig farm and the request of the sichuan farmers’ tears that became viral after he said all his chickens died due to heat waves and electricity cutting. Some Chongqing residents complained on social media about queues for hours in the hot heat for mandatory mass testing needed after the Covid outbreak. (Source: AFP)
In some parts of Sichuan and Chongqing, locals who are looking for cooler temperatures have slept on the bed of cars and subway stations due to daily cutting. The temperature as high as 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) has led many Chinese provinces to force the cutting of industrial personnel, because cities struggle to overcome the surge in electricity demand. (Source: AFP)
Record the low water level in the Yangtze river has also put pressure on hydroelectric generators in the region, with national energy administration promised on August 24 to make deficiencies by increasing coal production. This new heat broke the record in Sichuan, where one region recorded a temperature of 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) on August 24. (Source: AFP)
