A nationwide alert has been issued with the south-west especially badly hit, and even parts of the mighty Yangtze drying up
A record-breaking drought has caused some rivers in
Photograph showing the low water levels of the Yangtze river at Wuhan – a result of this year’s drought.Last week the province suspended or limited power supply to thousands of factories and rationed public electricity usage due to the shortage. Toyota, Foxconn and Tesla are among companies reported to have temporarily suspended operations at some plants over the last fortnight. On Sunday the South China Morning Post reported plans to restart production this week had been postponed.
Bernice Lee, chair of the advisory board at the Chatham House sustainability accelerator in London, said societies including China have remained “unprepared and underprepared” for high-impact, low-probability events like extreme droughts and heatwave.
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