The Number
Updated: 2013-03-11 07:57
(China Daily)
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4.97
Million
The number of people in southwest China's Yunnan province who have been affected by a drought in the area since winter, provincial authorities said on Saturday. The drought has been persistent and severe, with only 13.4mm of rainfall in the first two months of 2013, about 64 percent less than the annual average for that period.
(China Daily 03/11/2013 page2)
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