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China:Drought:2010/10
Duration2010/10 Large swathes of China have had almost no rain since October, affecting millions of hectares of crops and leaving many short of drinking water.
Country or DistrictChina
NameDrought

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  • Xinhua 2011/02/21
    A four-month drought has left nearly 190,000 people short of drinking water in a county of southwest China\'s Chongqing Municipality, a local water conservancy official said 21 February 2011.
  • BBC 2011/02/17
    The Ministry of Agriculture said the drought had worsened in some wheat-growing regions despite snowfalls.
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