china drought

<!-- -->China Drought: The searing heat poses a "severe threat" to China's autumn harvest.Chongqing, China: For almost a decade, farmer Qin Bin, 50, has toiled his plot, growing peaches and dragon fruits for sale to visiting tourists…

Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly been extended as weeks of record heat and drought batter the region. Some shopping malls in the…

China has issued its first national drought alert of the year as authorities battle forest fires and mobilise specialist teams to protect crops from scorching temperatures across the Yangtze river basin. The national ‘yellow alert’, issued…

<!-- -->The alert is two notches short of the most serious warning on Beijing's scale.Shanghai: China has issued its first national drought alert of the year as authorities battle forest fires and mobilise specialist teams to protect…