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Farmers Struggling

A dried-out reservoir in Longquan village in Chongqing on August 20.
A dried-out reservoir in Longquan village in Chongqing on August 20. Photo: Olivia Zhang (AP)

In Hubei, the government said 17 million acres of crops had been damaged or lost due to the drought. Xinhua reported that the drought was affecting some 36,700 hectares (90,690 acres) of land. On Tuesday, government agencies issued a warning that the crucial autumn grain harvest was under “severe threat” from the drought.

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