A month-long heatwave and record low rainfall have resulted in an unprecedented drought ... lights at night, in an attempt to ease pressure on the power grid. Summer rainfall in the Yangtze ...

The drought is also turning into a power crisis for China's central provinces. The loss of Yangtze's water has been devastating to the region, which relies largely on hydropower. For instance ...

Red China is red-hot, with a heat wave accompanied by a drought drying up the Yangtze River ... which are now only open at night, in Sichuan’s capital Chengdu and in Chongqing, according ...

Meanwhile, officials are worried that drought could hit the Yangtze River basin ... a sudden power outage caused fans to stop working at night, according to several state media reports.

In a related weather event, heavy rain left streets flooded in the northwestern city of Xining on Saturday night ... Gorges reservoir to relieve drought on the Yangtze but downstream outflows ...

“It is expected that in September, water inflows in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze will still be low, and the drought in Anhui, Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi could develop further ...

A month-long heatwave and record low rainfall have resulted in an unprecedented drought along the Yangtze, China's longest ... is turning off street lights at night, in an attempt to ease pressure ...