Cool treat: A child cooling off in a fountain, amid a heatwave warning in Shanghai. — Reuters
Xinjiang warned of more flash floods and mudslides and risks to agriculture as heatwaves swept across the region, accelerating the pace of glacial melt and posing hazards for its vast cotton crop.
China has been baked by above-normal summer heat since June, with some meteorologists blaming climate change.
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