sixteen people died and others missing 36after a flash flood in Qinghai province in western China.
A sudden storm caused a landslide, which diverted the flow of a river on Wednesday night, state television CCTV reported. The flood affected an area with more than 6,000 people and more than 1,500 housesin the town of Datong, according to the same source.
More than 600 firefighters and rescue teams were mobilized to search for survivors, according to local authorities.
THE China has suffered multiple floods this summer and extreme heat waves and drought. State media described the heat wave and drought as the worst on record 60 years ago.
THE power shortage in southwestern China, caused by prolonged drought in a region highly dependent on hydropower production, is also force the temporary closure of factories.
Companies in Sichuan province, including solar panel and cement manufacturers, had to close or reduce production after they were ordered to ration power for a period of five days, according to local media reports. This, after the water levels in the reservoirs had dropped and energy consumption had skyrocketed, due to the increased use of air conditioning, due to an extreme heat wave.
Source: Observadora
