China’s national anti-drought office has issued a level 4 emergency response plan to address an ongoing drought that is plaguing south-west China. Weather officials forecast that the rainy season won’t arrive until late May.
Authorities in Beijing have sent 12 teams to drought stricken areas to assist in relief work. More than 7 million hectares of farmland have been affected by the drought, 5 percent lower from the same period last year. And more than Sixteen-million dollars has been issued to help combat the drought.
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| A woman stands in front of a pond that is nearly
empty in Shaoxin Village of Mile, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 29, 2013. Persistent drought that sears Yunnan Province has reduced agricultural production in the city of Mile and its periphery. Some mountainous areas have even suffered from severe drinking water shortage and crop failure. (Xinhua/Chen Haining) |
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| China’s national anti-drought office has issued a
level 4 emergency response plan to address an ongoing drought that is plaguing south-west China. |
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