China's Leshan Buddha statue river banks exposed due to extreme heat
(People's Daily App) 10:48, August 23, 2022
The riverbanks have dried up around the Leshan Budda statue, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Leshan, a prefecture-level city at the confluence of the Dadu and Min rivers in Sichuan Province. The region faces record low water levels amid record temperatures, low rainfall, flash floods and droughts.
(Compiled by Yang Luxin)
(Web editor: Wu Chaolan, Liang Jun)
