900 million Chinese affected by historic heatwave and drought

Pile upon pile of dead poultry at a chicken farm in Sichuan, China and the farmer is devastated. “I watched them die," she says through tears. Her livestock and her livelihood are the latest casualties in China’s ongoing power crunch and sweltering summer that is China's hottest ever on record. Across the country, farmers are struggling to save their livestock and crops, as huge parts of China bake under a heatwave that has lasted more than two months. On Wednesday morning, China issued a “red alert” heat warning, the highest level, to at least 147 cities and counties - that’s where temperatures could surpass 40 degrees Celsius or 104 degrees Fahrenheit. CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout takes a look at the toll on farmers & local residents as China remains at the mercy of its worst heatwave on record.

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