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Climate Change Made 2022 Drought In China, Europe '20 Times More Likely'
The World Weather Attribution service said the drought that gripped Europe, China and North America between June and August was likely to occur once every 20 years at current levels of warming.
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Chinese Drillers Work Long Hours For Days To Build Well In Drought-Hit Province
Teams of drillers are working long hours to build wells to fight a devastating drought sweeping parts of China, farmers in Jiujiang city in the country's central Jiangxi province told Reuters on Saturday.
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Drought-Hit China Plans To Use Cloud-Seeding To Induce Rain: Report
Authorities in China are trying to induce rainfall in the midst of a catastrophic drought, which is caused by a record-breaking heatwave.
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China Drought Causes Parts Of Yangtze To Dry Up, Buddhist Statues Revealed
According to the latest number from China's Ministry of Water Resources (MWR), 2.2 million hectares of arable land has been affected by the drought.
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China's Harvest Under "Severe Threat" Amid Worst Heatwave On Record
China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of the country's hottest summer on record.
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China Faces Another Month Of Drought As Yangtze Tributary Runs Dry: Report
Residents living near a tributary of the Yangtze river in the southwestern region of Chongqing clambered along the dry riverbed on Thursday amid an unprecedented drought across the region that could last another month.
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China Issues Drought Alert, Fights Forest Fires To Save Crops In Heatwave
China has issued its first national drought alert of the year as authorities battle forest fires and mobilise specialist teams to protect crops from scorching temperatures across the Yangtze river basin.
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China Offers Cloud-Seeding Technology For Drought-Hit Marathwada
In what could be an answer to an uncertain monsoon and crippling drought, China may soon provide cloud-seeding technology to drought-hit Marathwada region in Maharashtra to induce rain and train the staff of local meteorological department.
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China To Release Water From Dam To Alleviate South East Asia Drought
China will release water from a dam in its southwestern province of Yunnan to help alleviate a drought in parts of Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, China's Foreign Ministry said today.
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Frequent Monsoon and Drought Years in Coming Decades: Scientists
The rapid warming of the equatorial Indian Ocean region and cooling of atmosphere over the Eurasian continent centered around China would lead to frequent monsoon and drought years in the coming decades, according to scientists.
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UN Warns of Coming Hunger in North Korea
A drought in North Korea could lead to huge food shortages this year, the top UN official in the country told Reuters in an interview.
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El Nino Has Emerged, India Among Worst Hit as Asia Braces for Crop Damage
In 2009, the El Nino brought the worst drought in four decades to India. It razed wheat fields in Australia and damaged crops across Asia. Food prices surged. A closely watched forecast by Japan on Tuesday confirmed its return this year.
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Drought Worsens China's Long-Term Water Crisis
The corn has grown to only half its normal height on Yan Shuqin's ranch in the hills of Inner Mongolia this year, as a swath of northern China suffers its worst drought in 60 years.
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Drought Affects over 27 Million in China
Persistent drought has caused widespread water shortages in central and north China, affecting more than 27.5 million people, according to official statistics.
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Costs of natural disasters in China surge to $69 billion
Natural disasters including droughts, floods and earthquakes cost China 421 billion yuan in 2013, official data showed on Monday, nearly double the total in the previous year.
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Climate Change Made 2022 Drought In China, Europe '20 Times More Likely'
The World Weather Attribution service said the drought that gripped Europe, China and North America between June and August was likely to occur once every 20 years at current levels of warming.
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Chinese Drillers Work Long Hours For Days To Build Well In Drought-Hit Province
Teams of drillers are working long hours to build wells to fight a devastating drought sweeping parts of China, farmers in Jiujiang city in the country's central Jiangxi province told Reuters on Saturday.
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Drought-Hit China Plans To Use Cloud-Seeding To Induce Rain: Report
Authorities in China are trying to induce rainfall in the midst of a catastrophic drought, which is caused by a record-breaking heatwave.
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China Drought Causes Parts Of Yangtze To Dry Up, Buddhist Statues Revealed
According to the latest number from China's Ministry of Water Resources (MWR), 2.2 million hectares of arable land has been affected by the drought.
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China's Harvest Under "Severe Threat" Amid Worst Heatwave On Record
China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of the country's hottest summer on record.
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China Faces Another Month Of Drought As Yangtze Tributary Runs Dry: Report
Residents living near a tributary of the Yangtze river in the southwestern region of Chongqing clambered along the dry riverbed on Thursday amid an unprecedented drought across the region that could last another month.
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China Issues Drought Alert, Fights Forest Fires To Save Crops In Heatwave
China has issued its first national drought alert of the year as authorities battle forest fires and mobilise specialist teams to protect crops from scorching temperatures across the Yangtze river basin.
-
China Offers Cloud-Seeding Technology For Drought-Hit Marathwada
In what could be an answer to an uncertain monsoon and crippling drought, China may soon provide cloud-seeding technology to drought-hit Marathwada region in Maharashtra to induce rain and train the staff of local meteorological department.
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China To Release Water From Dam To Alleviate South East Asia Drought
China will release water from a dam in its southwestern province of Yunnan to help alleviate a drought in parts of Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, China's Foreign Ministry said today.
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Frequent Monsoon and Drought Years in Coming Decades: Scientists
The rapid warming of the equatorial Indian Ocean region and cooling of atmosphere over the Eurasian continent centered around China would lead to frequent monsoon and drought years in the coming decades, according to scientists.
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UN Warns of Coming Hunger in North Korea
A drought in North Korea could lead to huge food shortages this year, the top UN official in the country told Reuters in an interview.
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El Nino Has Emerged, India Among Worst Hit as Asia Braces for Crop Damage
In 2009, the El Nino brought the worst drought in four decades to India. It razed wheat fields in Australia and damaged crops across Asia. Food prices surged. A closely watched forecast by Japan on Tuesday confirmed its return this year.
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Drought Worsens China's Long-Term Water Crisis
The corn has grown to only half its normal height on Yan Shuqin's ranch in the hills of Inner Mongolia this year, as a swath of northern China suffers its worst drought in 60 years.
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Drought Affects over 27 Million in China
Persistent drought has caused widespread water shortages in central and north China, affecting more than 27.5 million people, according to official statistics.
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Costs of natural disasters in China surge to $69 billion
Natural disasters including droughts, floods and earthquakes cost China 421 billion yuan in 2013, official data showed on Monday, nearly double the total in the previous year.
