For the first time since 2001, so-called rolling blackouts have been ordered since 15.8.2020 because the power grid is overloaded.
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/903291108/heat-wave-causes-power-outage
https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/id_88415522/usa-hitzereko
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-heat-triggers-power-ou
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/death-valley-hoechste-temper
Further links:
Heat wave and plague of locusts in India
https://www.wetteronline.de/wetterticker/hitzewelle-indien-bis-zu-50-g
Temperatures up to 50 degrees. In addition, the country has the worst plague of locusts in decades.
Sources:
https://www.wetteronline.de/wetterticker/hitzewelle-indien-bis-zu-50-g
https://www.focus.de/wissen/natur/47-000-hektar-land-sind-betroffen-in
Youtube movie with pictures from space from the drought in Europe.