companies like apple, intel, foxconn that all have production facilities in citron. and because of the power crunch, that has led to supply chain disruptions for automakers in shanghai affecting according to state media the big e investment maker tesla and as well as saic, china s biggest automaker. this has been going on since june. since june there has been this intense and prolonged heatwave hitting across the country, huge parts of china affecting some 900 million people. and max, i want to show you this map of what the forecast looks like in the days ahead. as you can see on your screen, there is very little relief in sight. just the human toll here is serious and the economic toll, max, is rising. back to you. really foreboding map, isn t it. thank you very much. warm temperatures also affectin g glaciers.
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across multiple provinces. and river drying up am mitted heat and low rainfall threatening drinking water as well as water for crops. and let s get right to kristie lu stout who is live from hong kong with the latest. how are china coping, what measures are they taking to try to combat this? reporter: you have officials across the country scrambling to find ways to alleviate the effects of this prolonged and punishing heatwave. would he learned today that one city has suspended factory production in a week in a bid to save electricity during a power crunch during the heatwave. we ve also learned that in another city, the subway system is running on low power mode and there have been photos going viral on social media showing people boarding a subway in the dark. and also you have in another province officials there to resorting to cloud seating in a bid to make rain, a practice where you shoot silver iodide