1st LD-Writethru: Drought Worsens in Northeast China
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1st LD-Writethru: Drought worsens in northeast China    SHENYANG, June 23 (Xinhua) -- People desperate for water in the northeastern province of Liaoning are unlikely to see any rainfall over the next three days, a local weather forecast said amid the worst summer drought in 56 years.
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Floods in China killed more than 1,000  people this year, destroyed 650,000 village homes and caused  64.7 billion yuan ($7.82 billion) in direct economic losses,  the official Xinhua News agency said.
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The most severe drought in over a century has farmers averting their gaze from a future that looks as bleak as their fields.
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Floods in China killed more than 1,000 people this year, destroyed 650,000 village homes and caused 64.7 billion yuan (&#36;7.82 billion) in direct economic losses, the official Xinhua News agency said.
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Boats have become a necessary means of transport in the flooded streets of Quxian, north-east of Sichuan province. Picture:Reuters.
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The low snowpack in the Cascade Range is raising the specter of water shortages this summer, but a new study of tree-ring data indicates the Northwest has endured far worse droughts over the past 250 years &#151; and is likely to again.
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Torrential rains and a tornado killed at least 30 people as storms battered eastern China this week, with millions more affected by flooding and other storm damage, state media and officials said Thursday.
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Did global warming spur severe drought in the Western United States? A new study co-authored by a tree-ring researcher at the University of Arizona shows a possible connection.
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China's authorities warn that more of the bad weather which has crippled the country is on its way.
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By Mario Osava/IFEJ *  RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 12, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- The impoverished population of the Brazilian Northeast is preparing for long-term coexistence with drought.
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Bad weather in China  causes havoc for millions of people as the country battles the heaviest snowstorms in 50 years
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It depends on where you are, but for many drought-stricken farmers, the Midwest rains are alleviating a bad summer for soybean and corn crops
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Drought Affects Half Million Hectares of Cropland in East China" - Xinhua headline]  Jinan, Feb.
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By Andy Mead, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Jun. 26--Don't let those little rain showers here and there fool you -- much of Kentucky is slipping deeper into drought.
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Torrential rains in eastern China over the weekend left 30 people dead and nearly 600,000 homeless, state press said Monday, amid warnings of more bad weather.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Yellow River Thaws in Inner Mongolia Section" - Xinhua headline]  Hohhot, Feb.
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Wilting heat, deadly storms, flash floods, coastal erosion, more days with unhealthy air &#151; those are just some of the effects of rising temperatures on the Northeast, a group of scientists reported Wednesday. They urged governments and citizens to take steps now to avoid the most devastating consequences of global warming.