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Troubled Chinese economy worsens due to heatwave caused by anti-environmen
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 24 (ANI): China has been witnessing heatwave-caused droughts, heavy rainfalls, power outages, and supply chain disturbances resulting in a serious impact on China's economy, owing to anti-environment policies for decades.
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'Severe' heatwave in China puts autumn harvest at risk
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 24 (ANI): A "severe" heatwave has gripped China and consequently, the drought is putting the autumn harvests at risk, Chinese state media reported.
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China renews red alert for high temperatures
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 23 (ANI): China's national observatory on Tuesday renewed a red alert for high temperatures, the most severe warning in its four-tier warning system, as heatwaves continue in many parts of the country.
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China renews red alert for high temperatures
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 21 (ANI): Amid the sweltering heatwaves in several regions across the country, China's national observatory on Saturday renewed a red alert for high temperatures, the most severe warning in its four-tier warning system.
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China facing fiercest heat wave in 6 decades, forcing factories to close
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 17 (ANI): China's worst heatwave in 60 years is forcing factories to close with temperatures crossing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in dozens of cities.
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China rations electricity to factories as heatwave affect economy
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 16 (ANI): Chinese Sichuan province, which is home to over 80 million people, announced on Monday that their factories and prefectures would halt operations until Saturday, as the heatwave sends power demands soaring and dries up reservoirs.
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Amid scorching heatwave China's power usage hits record-breaking levels
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 27 (ANI): China continues to remain under the grip of an extreme heatwave and this has in turn threatened crops and people's lives and pushed China's power usage to record-breaking levels, media reports said.
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California wildfires: Over 14,000 acres land destroyed, 6000 people displa
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], July 25 (ANI): A huge wildfire raging for the third day on Sunday in central California destroyed land of over 14,000 acres and displaced over 6,000 people from rural communities.
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Record high temperatures hit Chinese provinces
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 24 (ANI): Several Chinese regions including Xinjiang and Fujian facing record high temperatures as blistering heatwaves hit the country with the hot weather forecast.
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Heatwave in Europe underscores need for effective action to combat climate
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Copenhagen (Denmark), July 22 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the regional governments to implement the Paris climate agreement, which is termed a "health treaty" by the COP26 (United Nations Climate Change Conference) Health Programme, as the prolonged heatwaves continue to
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Over 1,000 killed in Spain's heatwave
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], June 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Spain's Ministry of Health said on Thursday that 1,047 people died in this year's second heatwave as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country over the past 10 days.
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Heatwave in Spain kills 679 people in a week
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], June 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Spain's Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday that 679 people had lost their lives in the first eight days (July 10-17) of the second heatwave that hit the country this summer.
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