Extreme Weather Poses Risks for Chinese Crops, Power Over Summer
- Wheat, soybean, rice harvests threatened by droughts, flooding
- Temperatures forecast to be 1C to 2C above normal this month
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Another exceptionally hot summer, accompanied by drought, flooding and typhoons, is risking Chinese crop harvests and lifting power demand as climate change creates more extreme weather.
In the latest developments, more than 5,000 people were evacuated and rice fields were saturated following a dike breach in Hunan province late on Friday. Authorities have issued flooding alerts in Shandong and Sichuan for this week, and warned that several major waterways - including the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers - are at risk of overflowing.