China’s corn, rice and cotton fields are at heightened risk of crop damage in the coming days as a heatwave sweeps through key agricultural regions in the country’s north and east.
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Scorching heat is set to take hold in Xinjiang too, the autonomous region of northwest China where almost all of the country’s cotton is grown.
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The ongoing heat and drought may cut Xinjiang’s cotton production by as much as 5 per cent in August, according to commercial forecaster Marcus Weather.
Not only China has been affected by the latest heat wave. In South Korea, the highest temperature on record – 42.5 degree Celsius – was reported over the weekend in the southeastern city of Yangsan.
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While the north of China swelters, the country’s southern provinces – where soils are already saturated from weeks of wetter-than-normal weather – are set to see rains drag on in the coming days.