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Red alert in China amid heatwave

China's scorched southwestern regions extended curbs on power consumption as they deal with dwindling hydropower output and surging household electricity demand during a long drought and heatwave.

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Red alert in China amid heatwave

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  1. Red alert in China amid heatwave

  2. An aerial view of parched terrace fields in Fuyuan village, as the region is experiencing a drought, in Chongqing China, August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  3. Municipality workers water a tree after weeks of scorching temperatures and regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 19.  REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  4. A once submerged Buddhist statue sits on top of Foyeliang island reef in the Yangtze river, which appeared after water levels fell due to a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20.  REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  5. A woman walks in the Jialing river, a tributary of the Yangtze, that is approaching record-low water levels during a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  6. Cracks can be seen on the dried-up bed of a reservoir, amid hot temperatures, while many regions from southwest to east of the country along the Yangtze river have been experiencing weeks of record-breaking heatwave in Changxing, Zhejiang province,

  7. People walk under a bridge on the dried-up riverbed of a river amid hot temperatures, while many regions from southwest to east of the country along the Yangtze river have been experiencing weeks of record-breaking heatwave in Changxing, Zhejiang

  8. People walk on a dried-up bed of a reservoir, amid hot temperatures, while many regions from southwest to east of the country along the Yangtze river have been experiencing weeks of record-breaking heatwave in Changxing, Zhejiang province, China,

  9. People swim in the Jialing river, a tributary of the Yangtze, that is approaching record-low water levels during a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  10. Water level poles emerge after waters receded in a reservoir as a woman walks on the dried-up bed reservoir, amid hot temperatures, while many regions from southwest to east of the country along the Yangtze river have been experiencing weeks of

  11. An aerial view shows the Yangtze river that is approaching record-low water levels during a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  12. Rays of sunlight pour through parched crops on the bank of the Yangtze river that is approaching record-low water levels during a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20.  REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  13. People walk on a dried-up bed of a reservoir, amid hot temperatures, while many regions from southwest to east of the country along the Yangtze river have been experiencing weeks of record-breaking heatwave in Changxing, Zhejiang province, China,

  14. People sit on the dry riverbed of the Jialing river, a tributary of the Yangtze, that is approaching record-low water levels during a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  15. Dried up water drains and creeks in a Chinese holiday spot amid hot temperatures, while many regions from southwest to east of the country along the Yangtze river have been experiencing weeks of record-breaking heatwave in Changxing, Zhejiang

  16. Local farmer Chen Xiaohua, 68, stands underneath a canopy of melon plants that died as the region is experiencing a drought in Fuyuan village in Chongqing, China, August 19.  REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  17. A woman swims in the Jialing river, a tributary of the Yangtze, that is approaching record-low water levels during a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  18. People look at the skyline from the dry riverbed of the receding Jialing river, a tributary of the Yangtze, that is approaching record-low water levels during a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  19. Local resident Zhong watches her husband swim in the river, from the dry riverbed of the Yangtze river that is approaching record-low water levels during a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20.  REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  20. An aerial view shows local resident Gu Yunfeng stand on a rock in middle the Yangtze river that is approaching record-low water levels during a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20.  REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  21. A man walks in the Yangtze river that is approaching record-low water levels during a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20.  REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  22. Local resident Zhong watches her husband Gu Yunfeng stand in the water, from the dry riverbed of the Yangtze river that is approaching record-low water levels during a regional drought in Chongqing, China, August 20.  REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  23. An aerial view of parched terrace fields in Fuyuan village, as the region is experiencing a drought, in Chongqing China, August 19. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  24. Local farmer Chen Xiaohua, 68, holds a sweet potato leave after all his plants died as the region is experiencing a drought in Fuyuan village in Chongqing, China, August 19.  REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  25. A dredger is anchored in the Yangtze that is approaching record low water levels in Chongqing, China, August 19.  REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  26. Local farmer Chen Xiaohua, 68, walks past his parched farmland as the region is experiencing a drought in Fuyuan village in Chongqing, China, August 19.  REUTERS/Thomas Peter

  27. A helicopter works to put out wildfire in a forest, amid hot temperature in Chongqing, China August 19. cnsphoto via REUTERS

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