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The disturbance adds to challenges for the ruling Communist Party, which is trying to shore up sagging economic growth before a meeting when President Xi Jinping is expected to try to award himself a third five-year term as leader.

Reservoirs that supply hydropower fell to half their normal levels.

In extreme and varying weather conditions believed to be due to crazy industrialization causing a huge blow to environment, China is facing floods in some of its provinces while at the same time acute water shortage and drought in others.

The Yangtze River, Asias longest waterway, is now at record low levels and in some stretches, there has been less than half the usual rainfall, said the BBC report.Hydr

Factories in China's southwest have shut down and a city imposed rolling blackouts after reservoirs to generate hydropower ran low in a worsening drought

Chinese authorities are attempting to induce rainfall in parts of central and southwest parts of the country amid a severe drought and record-breaking heatwave, a media report said.The Yangtze River, Asia's longest waterway, is now at record ...

The Yangtze River, Asias longest waterway, is now at record low levels and in some stretches, there has been less than half the usual rainfall, said the BBC report.Hydr

A severe drought has dented energy supplies and disrupted access to water for hundreds of thousands. Cities order rolling blackouts; farmers rush to save crops.

US interest rates softened and dragged the dollar lower following the release of the FOMC minutes.

BEIJING (AP) — Factories in China’s southwest have shut down and a city imposed rolling blackouts after reservoirs to generate hydropower ran low in a worsening drought, adding to economic strains at a time when President Xi Jinping is trying to extend his hold on power.