HONG KONG: China warned communities in its northwestern Xinjiang and nearby regions on Friday (Jun 12) to prepare for "extreme floods" this summer, driven by abnormally high temperatures, heavy rainfall and rapid glacier melt.Xinjiang's Taklamakan Desert, China's largest, experienced its first flood of the ye

HONG KONG: China warned communities in its northwestern Xinjiang and nearby regions on Friday (Jun 12) to prepare for "extreme floods" this summer, driven by abnormally high…

High temperatures, heavy rainfall and accelerated glacier melt driving unprecedented risk in Xinjiang and surrounding regions