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A blistering heatwave has engulfed China in the country’s hottest summer on record, subsuming half its land in drought.<\/p>\n
The world’s second-largest economy has experienced more than 70 days of heatwaves, flash floods and droughts – phenomena that scientists say are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change.<\/p>\n
Southern China has recorded its longest continuous period of high temperatures since records began more than 60 years ago, the agriculture ministry said earlier this week.<\/p>\n
The worst-affected area is the Yangtze River basin, which\u00a0stretches from coastal Shanghai to Sichuan province in China’s south-west.<\/p>\n
Sichuan province, China’s biggest hydropower producer, has seen its supply capability slump due to a long drought across the Yangtze basin, stoking fears the country could suffer another devastating power shortage.<\/p>\n
In parts of Sichuan and Chongqing, locals seeking cooler temperatures have taken to sleeping in car parks and subway stations due to daily power cuts.<\/p>\n
Diners in Chongqing, meanwhile, are heading to restaurants housed in World War II-era air raid shelters in a bid to escape the heat.<\/p>\n
And along the Yangtze and its tributary the Jialing, people have been taking the opportunity to explore newly exposed riverbeds and swim in shallow waters.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what the situation looks like on the ground:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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