The unprecedented heat wave that has engulfed China this summer has dried up rivers, wilted crops and sparked forest fires. It has grounded ships, caused hydropower shortages and forced major ...

crops withering under scorching heat, hazmat-suited Covid workers collapsing from heatstroke. Since summer began, scenes of devastation and misery have been playing out across China as the world ...

China has registered the highest number of hot days over six months since records began, according to authorities, as the country confronts another record-breaking summer of blistering heat. In ...

At the same time, a heat wave in northern China pushed temperatures above 40 ... more severe flooding and droughts for the rest of the summer, with more than 600 millimeters (23.6 inches) of ...

Asia’s brutally hot weather is expected to hit China this summer, threatening a new round of power shortages that last year disrupted global supply chains of everything from cars to solar panels.

Staff members monitor the flood water at a hydrological station in Funan county of Fuyang, East China's Anhui province, July 14, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING -- While the summer heat continues to ...

Instead, we ran a gantlet of climate change effects caused by China’s historic heat wave this summer — ravaged landscapes, paralyzed cities and populations pushed to extremes. It had been a ...