SEVERE WEATHER IS “THE NEW NORMAL” “These person events fit the pattern of improving extreme events because of climate change, inch said Professor Matthias Roth from the Section of Geography at the National University of Singapore (NUS). “Such severe weather will likely become the new normal in a warmingContinue Reading
BEIJING: A southwestern part of China which has experienced scorching temperatures this month is now on alert for flooding among days of torrential rainfall. Downpours in the sprawling production hub of Chongqing and nearby regions of Sichuan province follow severe power shortages in the same localities caused by large useContinue Reading
JIUJIANG: Teams of drillers are working long hours to build wells in order to fight a devastating drought sweeping parts of China, farmers in Jiujiang city in the country’s central Jiangxi province told Reuters on Saturday (Aug 27). “These villages, all of them, are particularly dry, ” said Gao Pucha,Continue Reading
SHANGHAI: Shanghai will certainly switch off decorative lamps along its famed Bund riverfront for 2 days from Monday (Aug 22) as a nationwide heatwave sends power demands soaring, city professionals said. Multiple provinces possess announced power cuts to cope with a surge in demand, powered partly by people cranking upContinue Reading
Proboscis monkeys have been designated as the mascot of Indonesia’s South Kalimantan province. But their quantities are dwindling.Continue Reading
Faced with a “most severe situation”, the city – home to over 20 million people – ordered landscape illumination and outdoor advertising lights to be switched off in notices issued Tuesday, the statement said. Building name signs will also be darkened. And Chengdu metro said in a video on China’sContinue Reading
SHANGHAI: 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 late on Thursday (Aug 18), comes after regions from Sichuan in the southwestContinue Reading
SHANGHAI: China’s water ministry warned that severe drought conditions in the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze river could last well into September as local governments race to find new supply sources and irrigate crops ahead of the autumn harvest. A severe heatwave across the basin of China’s longestContinue Reading
SHENZHEN, The far east: Several regions of Tiongkok including the major southwestern city of Chongqing cooked in temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Grad on Saturday (Aug 13), while the state’s national observatory carried on its red notify for high temps. Within Zhejiang, home to numerous factories and exporters, a meteorological officialContinue Reading
Thousands of toilets on stilts were built on the streams in South Kalimantan province. With waste being deposited directly into the waterways, there are negative impacts for the ecosystem.Continue Reading