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RECORD HEAT IN CHINA STRAINS POWER GRID, STIRS HEALTH FEARS

  • NEWS Desk Global
  • Jul 23, 2025
  • 1 min read

China warned on Wednesday against the risk of power supply disruptions as people struggled to keep cool in record heat baking large swathes of the country, which also spurred warnings to the elderly to guard against heat stroke.

Power demand exceeded 1.5 billion kilowatts for the first time last week, energy officials said, the third successive record for China this month, when its first nationwide alert on heat-related health risks also went out.

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