Alongside the floods, China has also faced a heatwave in recent days. A Reuters report said: “Compounding the challenge for authorities, a subtropical high-pressure system has been baking the $19 trillion economy’s more north-easterly seaboard and central provinces since last week, straining power grids and parching croplands.”
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Flash flood emergency in NYC and New Jersey after heavy rainfall
City officials in New York advised residents living in basement flats to remain alert and be ready for sudden evacuations. Emergency management services asked people to keep mobile phones, torches, and emergency bags ready in case they needed to move to safer ground quickly.
