Chengdu power shortage makes heat unbearable

Recently, when people in Chengdu, Sichuan province meet, they say "It's so hot" instead of "Hello".

Chengdu has witnessed the hottest summer in six decades. As a rare drought has lowered the water level of rivers in Sichuan, power shortages have been felt in the city.

Pu Jie, a middle-aged employee of Hema Fresh in Jinniu district, said her supermarket had been dimly lit for days.