Dramatic swings between extreme heat and intense rainfall are testing China's ability to cope with increasingly wild weather, as high temperatures challenge power grids and water security while floods ruin crops and threaten urban populations.
A woman walks on a street as she shields herself from the sun with a hat, mask and umbrella, amid an alert for a heatwave in Shanghai, China July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Officials have warned repeatedly that China is especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its large population and unevenly distributed water supplies, even as infrastructure is built and policies are rolled out to bolster the country's climate resilience.The average number of high-temperature days stood at 4.1 in January-June, already higher than the full-year average of 2.2 days. Temperatures are expected to climb further in July and August.
Concerns are mounting over a repeat of last year's drought, the most severe in 60 years, which at its peak affected 6.09 million hectares of crops with economic losses reaching billions of yuan. Factories also shut when power demand exceeds supply to meet demand from residential and non-industrial users. With drought curbing hydropower output, Yunnan in February ordered a cut of 14% of its output of aluminium obtained from power-intensive electrolysis. In August last year, hydro-dependent Sichuan province mandated power cuts on most industrial users lasting 11 days.accelerated
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