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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sat Aug 16 2003 - 10:12:20 EDT
FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.cma.gov.cn/ywwz/englishread.php?recid=24231
QUOTES:
" Yesterday¨s high was 34.5 degrees Celsius, ending a streak of 19
consecutive days with temperatures topping 35 degrees."
FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.cma.gov.cn/ywwz/englishread.php?recid=24367
QUOTES:
" More than 90 million people are being affected by the worsening
drought in southern and eastern China, sources with the Ministry of Civil
Affairs said Wednesday.
The drought, which started in June and intensified in July, is the
worst in the last three decades and is still affecting areas of southern
China.
Twelve provinces and regions -- Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi,
Hubei, Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan and Shaanxi --
have been worst hit by the disaster in the past two months.
More than 7.7 million hectares of farmland in southern and eastern
China have dried up and more than 90 million people and 6.8 million head of
livestock have been affected by water shortages, according to the latest
statistics released by the ministry Wednesday.
This year¨s rainy season in southern and eastern China was several
days shorter than the previous years with the precipitation in those areas
being noticeably lower.
Continuous sizzling weather with temperatures of over 40 C has affected
many areas of East China¨s Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian provinces and Central
China¨s Hubei and Hunan provinces for more than two weeks, the ministry
said Wednesday.
Many small reservoirs and rivers are drying up in Fujian, Zhejiang,
Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong, said the Central Meteorological Station."
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