North China Drought Worst On Record; 16 Million Acres Of Grazing Land Parched
Officials governing a large area of northern China say their region is suffering from the worst drought on record, leading to crops wilting and farmers and herders growing desperate to get water to farmlands, grasslands, animals and their households.
The drought is affecting the northeastern and eastern areas of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, which is near Beijing.
In recent years, Chinese scientists have attributed extreme weather patterns in China, and especially in northern China, to climate change. The region of Inner Mongolia and its residents have been hit especially hard by wide fluctuations in the weather.
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In Inner Mongolia, official statistics from the vast municipal area of Hulunbuir, also known as Hulunbei’er, indicate that the economic loss from the recent drought has been 5.3 billion renminbi, or $780 million. The municipality is a rural area with grasslands and herders that abuts Russia and lies immediately west of the region once known as Manchuria. Officials in Hulunbuir said 16 million acres of pastureland had been affected.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/29/world/asia/china-drought.html?_r=0
