The area affected by drought in China has been reduced by nearly 20 million mu in four days.

From August 23 to 26, there was an obvious rainfall process in the northeast and Huang-Huai arid areas. The reporter learned from the office of the State Flood Control and drought Relief headquarters on the 27th that the rainfall process is very beneficial to alleviate the current drought, and the drought-affected area of crops across the country has been reduced by nearly 20 million mu.

According to the report of the State Defense Office, during this round of rainfall, the average rainfall in Liaoning, Jilin, Henan and Hubei reached 35 mm, 32 mm, 23 mm and 43 mm respectively, and the area affected by drought across the country decreased by 18.16 million mu compared with that before the rain. among them, Liaoning Province decreased by 6.95 million mu, Henan Province by 6.16 million mu, Jilin Province by 2.7 million mu, and Hubei Province by 1.55 million mu.

As of August 27, the crop drought area in China was 65.79 million mu (an average of 120 million mu for the same period of many years), mainly distributed in Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, and other places; 1.66 million people and 2.84 million head of large livestock suffered from drinking water difficulties due to drought (an average of 10.11 million people and 7.22 million heads in the same period of many years), mainly distributed in Inner Mongolia, Henan, Liaoning and other places.