A three-year drought in Zhanjiang in south China's Guangdong
Province is seriously effecting the city's supply of drinking
water.
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This is the most serious drought to hit the city in the last 100
years, according to the Guangdong Provincial Observatory.
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The drought began in the autumn of 2003.
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Reservoirs reported an alarming drop in water levels over the past
two years.
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About 138,467 hectares of farmland and 512,000 people are affected
by the drought, according to the Zhanjiang municipal
government.
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Long-term weather forecasts are not predicting increased
precipitation.
(Xinhua News Agency February 20, 2006)