China warned that severe drought conditions along the Yangtze river could last well into September as local governments race to maintain power and find fresh water supplies to irrigate crops ahead of
"The drought in the Yangtze River Basin is very serious. Since July, the rainfall has been the lowest since 1961, the water inflow from the upper and middle reaches has been the lowest since 1949, and the water levels of the river sections below Ganliusha City and Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake are the lowest in the same period in history. ." On August 17, Liu Weiping, Vice Minister of the Min