2010March29: From NCDC, NOAA: “At the end of March, moderate to severe drought persisted in the provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, southern Sichuan, and northwestern Guangxi in South China. Since fall 2009, drought conditions have affected more than 60 million people and ruined billions of dollars worth of crops in southwest China (Source: BBC News). According to a director at the Yunnan Land Resources Bureau, this is the worst drought in a century for parts of this province” (NCDC, NOAA).
Reference: NCDC, NOAA http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=hazards&year=2009&month=2&submitted=Get+Report
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This post is tagged 2000s Climate Change Events, 21st Century and Climate Change, Asia and Climate Change, China and Climate Change, Droughts, East Asia and Climate Change, Water Stress
Wasnt as bad as anticipated. But the weather in SE Asia regarding the typhoons is more worrisome.
Adversely affected the entire world of global warming, is getting in some places flood, drought draws some of the places. our world is waiting for us and bad days