Apr 3, 2022
China warns of ‘severe’ threat to harvest after hottest summer on record
Issued on: 24/08/2022 – 11:46 China’s autumn harvest is under “severe threat” from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of the country’s hottest summer on record. The world’s second-largest economy has been hit by record temperatures, flash floods and droughts this summer — phenomena that scientists