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In August, the weather reached 43.5 °C in Gao County, 43.4 °C in Jianyang and Zigong, 41 °C in Mianyang, 34.9 °C in Chongqing at night, and 45 °C in Beibei. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] On 18 August, it was reported that silver iodide was used to form clouds in Anhui and other provinces. [ 14 ]
China's Henan Province experienced flooding between 17 and 31 July 2021 as a result of heavy rainfall. On July 20, Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, recorded 201.9 millimetres (7.95 in) of rainfall within an hour, the highest ever figure recorded since measurements began in 1951.
A major drought in 2001 resulted in China losing 6.4 billion U.S. dollars of crops as well as reducing water supply for “33 million rural people and 22 million livestock.” [35] There may be a big impact on the spatial and temporal distribution in China's water resources, increasing extreme weather events and natural disasters. [29]
BEIJING (Reuters) -Dramatic swings between extreme heat and intense rainfall are testing China's ability to cope with increasingly wild weather, as high temperatures challenge power grids and ...
China is a mountainous country, which leads to rapid dissipation of cyclones that move inland as well as significant amounts of rain from those dissipating cyclones. Typhoon Nina in 1975 caused the collapse of two huge reservoirs and ten smaller dams when 1062 mm (41.81 inches) of rain fell in Henan Province during a 24‑hour period.
The Amazon, referred to as the “lungs of the planet”, experienced one of its most severe droughts on record, driven by climate change, which made it 30 times more likely.The drought pushed the ...
Weather events in China have become more intense and unpredictable because of global warming, scientists say, with record-breaking rainfall and drought assailing the world's second-largest economy ...
This category includes historic weather events which have occurred in China. This category includes floods caused by rain, but not floods caused simply by dam failures. For non-weather related events, see Category:Disasters in China