Category: Yangtze

113 Degrees Fahrenheit: China’s Extreme Heat and Drought Season; River Levels at Historic Low

With temperatures at 113 Fahrenheit (43 Celsius), China is facing scorching heat and severe drought problems. The Yangtze River, which stretches almost 4,000 miles across Southwest and Central China, is facing historic low water levels. Extreme weather is affecting farming and factory production. Volkswagen and Apple parts factories are shut down, affecting the global supply chain….


Yangtze Tributary Runs Dry as China Faces Another Month of Drought

CHONGQING/SHANGHAI—Residents living near a tributary of the Yangtze river in the southwestern region of Chongqing clambered along the dry riverbed on Thursday amid an unprecedented drought across the region that could last another month. “I am actually pretty worried, because the water has been cut off in my compound,” said Tian Feng, a 27-year old…