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		</div><p>Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated to safer areas as heavy rain brought the risk of flooding to a region of south-west China that for most of the summer has been devastated by a heatwave and drought.</p>
<p>Heavy rain was forecast for parts of Sichuan and Chongqing provinces until at least Tuesday.</p>
<p>Chongqing, a megacity built in a hilly area and which also overlooks the surrounding mountains and countryside, issued a flash flood warning for both days.</p>
<p>Authorities have moved 61,000 people in Sichuan to safer places since Sunday evening as heavy rain fell overnight, state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday.</p>
<p>One village under the jurisdiction of Guangyuan city recorded 7.4in (18.8cm) of rain. The city was one of the two in Sichuan most affected by the drought.</p>
<p>The change in the weather brought some relief from the heat, and full power was restored for factories in Sichuan after two weeks of restrictions stemming from reduced hydropower output.</p>
<p>The rain should help farmers whose rice, peppers and other crops were withering during an extended drought which reduced community reservoirs to mostly cracked earth.</p>
<p>Temperatures topped 40C (104F) in what meteorologists called the strongest heatwave in China since record-keeping began in 1961.</p>
<p>Power in Sichuan for commercial and industrial use “has been fully restored”, CCTV said on its website. Household demand for air-conditioning declined as temperatures moderated and the rain was starting to replenish hydroelectric reservoirs.</p>
<p>Hydropower generation in the province was up 9.5% from its low point, the state broadcaster reported. Daily power use by households declined by 28% from a peak of 473 to 340 million kilowatt hours, the report said, citing Zhao Hong, marketing director for State Grid’s Sichuan subsidiary.</p>
<p>“The contradiction between power supply and demand in Sichuan will be basically resolved in the next three days,” Mr Zhao was quoted as saying.</p>
<p>The falling hydropower production prompted Sichuan utilities to step up the use of coal-fired power plants, temporarily setting back efforts to reduce carbon and other emissions.</p>
<p>The share of power in Sichuan that comes from coal has jumped to 25% from 10% with 67 generating stations running at full capacity, according to Caixin, a Chinese business news magazine.</p>
<p>Sichuan is usually seen as a clean power success story in China, getting 80% of its power from hydro.</p>
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