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Video shows a tributary of China’s most important river, the Yangtze, almost completely dried up amid an unprecedented drought across southwestern China.
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 20, 2022
Weather modification programmes are being launched to try to replenish the basin ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/IxppBLDFQK
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“And it keeps going down." Fantastic reporting from @luzdingyu & @danmurtaugh from the dried-up, foul-smelling banks of the Yangtze River, where China's heatwave is fueling a new power crisis: https://t.co/HfoHqfJ58k pic.twitter.com/Bl0iXxtvKM
— David Stringer (@David_Stringer) August 24, 2022
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meanwhile in china
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) August 22, 2022
the yangtze river is so low that 600 year old buddhist statues appeared from the riverbed pic.twitter.com/wGPZI1oMNf
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By contrast, this is Chongqing almost exactly 2 years ago in Aug, 2020 when it experienced unprecedented flood in living memory pic.twitter.com/XDytH7WVCh
— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) August 22, 2022
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— Chris Courtney (@CJCourtneyWuhan) August 21, 2022
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weehingthong 