Power consumption has been hiking and has continued to reach new peaks every day in Anhui province. Anhui Electric Power Corporation sent out a power grid load emergency warning Tuesday.
Villagers suffer loss as several hactares of watermelons were seriously damaged by heavy rain in Fugu county, Shaanxi province, on July 22, 2012.
Zhang Tiancheng, head of a maintenance team for Zhengzhou Locomotive Depot of the Zhengzhou Railway Bureau, has been working for 32 years as a locomotive painter.
Lightning killed 173 sheep in Hoboksar Mongolian autonomous county, Tacheng prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on July 10, 2012, people.com.cn reported Wednesday.
A waste landfill makes summer time the worst season for residents near Xi'an's textile area. When temperatures rise, an overpowering stench from the garbage fills the air and the locals' noses, a local newspaper reported.