China S Receding Yangtze Level Reveals Three Buddhist Statues As Heat Wave Continues Global News
Parts of the Yangtze – the world’s third largest river – are drying up amid intense heat that has prompted a nationwide drought alert. The three statues were found on the highest part of the island reef in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing. One of the island’s statues – called Foyeliang – depicts a monk sitting on a lotus pedestal. The heatwave is the most extreme in six decades and has seen temperatures regularly exceed 40C (104F) in many cities....