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More locals facing water shortage in Hubei
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-07 19:09
About 383,000 local people are being menaced by an acute drinking water
shortage caused by scarce rainfall and ensuing drought since early this year in
central Hubei province, a source with provincial flood control and drought
relief authorisy said Thursday.
According to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters,
serious dry spells have also affected 232,000 head of domestic animals.
Since the beginning of the year, the headquarters noted, rainfall in most
parts of Hubei Province dropped by 40 to 60 percent than in the same period of
normal years in history and therainy season set in at least about 10 days later
than normal years. Although a rainstorm pelted parts of Hubei province from June
25 to 28, scorching sunny days have sustained in most parts of the province ever
since.
Currently, dry spells have been spreading to 10 cities of Jingmen, Yichang,
Shiyan, Xiangfan, Suizhou, HuanggGong, Enshi, Xiaogan, Jingzhou and Xianning,
and 35 counties in the Shennongjia forested area, affecting more than 480,000
hectares of cropland.
The provincial meteorological station forecast that dry weatherwill continue
in most parts of Hubei over the next few days. And the provincial flood control
and drought relief headquarters called on localities to get braced to combat
grave dry spells and possible floods.
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