Hottest Heatwave Record in China

Hottest Heatwave in China is the Most Serious Ever Recorded in History

Hottest Heatwave in China is the most severe that affects energy supply, water supply and food production all over the country.

Authorities in China have issued an urgent call for action to protect crops in the face of the nation’s hottest summer on record, warning that the autumn harvest is under “serious threat” from high temperatures and drought.

This summer, the second-largest economy in the world was impacted by extreme heat records, flash floods, and droughts—phenomena that scientists have warned will occur more frequently and intensely as a result of climate change.

According to the agriculture ministry, Southern China has experienced its longest stretch of consistently high temperatures and little rain since records have been kept, which dates back more than 60 years.

According to the report of ABS-CBN, on Tuesday, a notice was released by four government agencies requesting that “every unit of water” be conserved to safeguard crops.

The rapid development of drought superimposed with high temperatures and heat damage has caused a severe threat to autumn crop production,” the statement said.

To deal with an increase in demand caused in part by people turning up their air conditioning to deal with temperatures as high as 45 degrees Celsius, several Chinese provinces have announced power cuts (113 degrees Fahrenheit).

As water levels at important hydroelectric plants decline, authorities in the megacities of Shanghai and Chongqing have reduced outdoor decorative lighting, and in southwest Sichuan Province, industrial power cuts have been implemented.

The report mentioned that according to state news agency Xinhua, more than 1,500 people in the vicinity of Chongqing were evacuated on Monday after several wildfires were started by the hot and dry weather.

On Tuesday, the national meteorological service issued new drought and heat-related warnings, urging 11 provincial governments to “activate” emergency measures.

In some areas of the nation, authorities have already used cloud seeding, a technique to create rain. Earlier this month, state television CCTV aired footage of meteorological staff launching catalyst rockets into the sky and firefighters delivering water to thirsty farmers.

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