China deploys cloud-seeding planes and cuts electricity use as record heatwave takes toll:

China
is scrambling to alleviate power shortages and bring more water to the
drought-hit basin of the Yangtze river as it battles a record-breaking
heatwave by seeding clouds, deploying relief funds and developing new
sources of supply.

For more than two months,
baking temperatures have disrupted crop growth, threatened livestock and
forced industries in the hydropower-dependent regions of the south-west
to shut down to ensure electricity supplies for homes.

China
has repeatedly warned that it faces a proliferation of extreme weather
events in coming years as it tries to adapt to climate change and rising
temperatures that are likely to be more severe than elsewhere.

China deploys cloud-seeding planes and cuts electricity use as record heatwave takes toll: China
is scrambling to alleviate power shortages and bring more water to the
drought-hit basin of the Yangtze river as it battles a record-breaking
heatwave by seeding clouds, deploying relief funds and developing new
sources of supply.For more than two months,
baking temperatures have disrupted crop growth, threatened livestock and
forced industries in the hydropower-dependent regions of the south-west
to shut down to ensure electricity supplies for homes.China
has repeatedly warned that it faces a proliferation of extreme weather
events in coming years as it tries to adapt to climate change and rising
temperatures that are likely to be more severe than elsewhere.Read More