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China Weather Network
Coverage of China Weather Network in the Nexus archive.
- Drowning desert: how Xinjiang’s infrastructure could fail under record rain
Rare but intense rainfall in Xinjiang's Taklamakan Desert caused flooding and infrastructure damage, highlighting risks from extreme weather in arid regions. The China Weather Network reported two major flood events this month along the desert's margins, linked to warmer, wetter conditions in recent decades.