Prolonged drought affects China

时间：2007-07-09 00:54:29

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CHANGSHA, July 7 -- More than 100,000 people and 81,000 head of livestock1 in Hunan Province are suffering from drinking water shortages due to prolonged drought, the provincial2 flood control and drought relief headquarters said on Friday.

 

According to the headquarters, drought since June 25 has affected3 300,000 hectares of crops in the 32 cities and counties across the province.

 

Only 680 millimeters of rainfall were recorded over the past three weeks, 22 percent lower than the average in previous years. The two million water conservancy projects in the province reported a storage of 13.3 billion cubic meters, only half their designed storage volume.

 

A total of 73 reservoirs and 577 wells in rural areas have dried up.

 

Local meteorological station forecast on Friday that the drought would continue for two weeks at least.

 
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1 livestock c0Wx1     
n.家畜，牲畜
参考例句：
  • Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
  • The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。
2 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
3 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

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