Hundreds of Thousands Running Out of Water in Southern China
Hundreds of Thousands Running Out of Water in Southern China 8 Feb 2021 Months of drought in southern and eastern China have left more than 300,000 people with drinking water shortages, the South China Morning Post ( SCMP) reported on Sunday. Recorded rainfall since October in regions south of China’s Yangtze River has been 50 to 80 percent lower than usual, the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources said on February 4. Roughly 2.4 million people across the southeastern coastal provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong have already been affected by the drought, and concerns are “growin...