The situation in some areas of the Yangtze River Basin is still severe

CCTV News: The Ministry of Water Resources was released on August 30. At present, the drought in some areas of the Yangtze River Basin relieved, but the drought resistance situation is still severe.

Since July this year, the Yangtze River Basin has continued to have high temperatures and rain, the water coming to the river, the water level has continued to decline, and the drought development has developed very rapidly. On August 25, during the peak of the drought in the drought, the drought area of ​​the Yangtze River Basin reached 66.32 million mu, and 4.99 million people and 920,000 large livestock were affected by drought and water supply. city. From August 26th to 30th, heavy rainfall occurred in southwest, Huanghuai, Jianghuai and other places. Henan, Sichuan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui and other provinces had eased.

According to predictions, the rainfall in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in September is more than 10 % of the overall period of the same period of the year, which is more beneficial to the relief of the drought. The rainfall area of ​​Poyang Lake is 20-50 % less than the same period of the same year. The dry flow in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the waters of the two lakes are small. The water level will continue to fall. severe.

Source: CCTV

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