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Environment & Energy

pscot

(21,024 posts) Mon Jul 17, 2017, 04:59 PM Jul 2017

Drought in Northern China Is Worst on Record, Officials Say

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.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/29/world/asia/china-drought.html?mtrref=flipboard.com&_r=0