The drought affects more than 1.38 million in China’s Jiangxi

Beijing 16 August : The severe drought that began on July 15 has afflicted over 1.38 million residents in Chinas Jiangxi province, local officials announced on Tuesday.

It also stated that the total of 11,000 people were having difficulty accessing drinking water, and around 141,100 hectares of crops were damaged due to the water shortage.The meteorological observatory of the province issued an alert in red for extreme temperature at 7.35 a.m.Tuesday and forecasting that temperatures are likely to reach 37 degrees Celsius in the next 24 hours.Chinas State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management have created special plans for drought control and flood control to reduce injuries.

China has allocated 200 million dollars of money for disaster relief to aid the work of drought relief.