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Seca que assola sudoeste da China é a pior em 50 anos (em inglês)
2006-08-18
Parts of southwestern China are enduring the worst drought in more than
50 years, a newspaper said on Wednesday, as the southeast reels from the
strongest typhoon to hit in half a century. China s state meteorological bureau has reported the most severe drought
conditions in over 50 years in the southwestern region of Chongqing, and
neighbouring Sichuan province.
Sustained high temperatures and low summer rainfall have also brought drought to parts of southwestern Guizhou province, the central province of Hubei and in northwest Ningxia region and Gansu province, the Beijing News said. In Chongqing alone, 7.5 million people lacked adequate drinking water and economic losses have been estimated at 2.5 billion yuan (US$313 million), the paper said.
Soaring temperatures and low rainfall have laid waste to Chongqings summer crops, the paper said, with market prices for leaf vegetables soaring 50 percent. Autumn vegetable harvests were also likely to be "severely affected," with dry weather predicted to linger for several weeks, the paper said.
Chongqing produces mainly cash crops including rice, wheat, corn, oil-bearing crops and soil-based vegetables such as sweet potatoes, carrots and radishes. The scorching weather has prompted state fire prevention authorities to issue fire warnings across the southwest, the paper said, with more than 70 forest fires reported in Chongqing this month.
Chinese newspapers on Wednesday showed pictures of Chongqing residents queuing to receive water rations. State TV also showed pictures of cracked rice paddies and withered seedlings. On Sunday, state TV reported that the water level in the Chongqing section of the Yangtze river -- China s longest river -- hit 3.5 metres (11.5 feet), its lowest in 100 years.
Meanwhile, much of southern China has been battered by a series of typhoons and tropical storms this year that have killed about 1,300 people. The death toll from Typhoon Saomai, which hit China on Thursday, has reached 319 and could rise, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
(Planet Ark, 17/08/2006)
Sustained high temperatures and low summer rainfall have also brought drought to parts of southwestern Guizhou province, the central province of Hubei and in northwest Ningxia region and Gansu province, the Beijing News said. In Chongqing alone, 7.5 million people lacked adequate drinking water and economic losses have been estimated at 2.5 billion yuan (US$313 million), the paper said.
Soaring temperatures and low rainfall have laid waste to Chongqings summer crops, the paper said, with market prices for leaf vegetables soaring 50 percent. Autumn vegetable harvests were also likely to be "severely affected," with dry weather predicted to linger for several weeks, the paper said.
Chongqing produces mainly cash crops including rice, wheat, corn, oil-bearing crops and soil-based vegetables such as sweet potatoes, carrots and radishes. The scorching weather has prompted state fire prevention authorities to issue fire warnings across the southwest, the paper said, with more than 70 forest fires reported in Chongqing this month.
Chinese newspapers on Wednesday showed pictures of Chongqing residents queuing to receive water rations. State TV also showed pictures of cracked rice paddies and withered seedlings. On Sunday, state TV reported that the water level in the Chongqing section of the Yangtze river -- China s longest river -- hit 3.5 metres (11.5 feet), its lowest in 100 years.
Meanwhile, much of southern China has been battered by a series of typhoons and tropical storms this year that have killed about 1,300 people. The death toll from Typhoon Saomai, which hit China on Thursday, has reached 319 and could rise, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
(Planet Ark, 17/08/2006)
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