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Henan warns against severe droughts

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-01-31 10:38

China's largest crop producing province Henan Thursday issued the highest-level warning against continuing droughts in the coming week, the province's first such warning since June of 2007 when the warning system was established.

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The provincial meteorological bureau of Henan said the province had received an average rainfall of 10.5 millimeters since November 2008, almost 80 percent less than in the same period of previous years.

The central Henan Province has a population of nearly 100 million, the largest in China. It has been the largest crop producing province for eight years.

The draught has affected about 63 percent of the province's growing wheat and is likely to expand for the next week, the provincial meteorological bureau said.