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    China Issues Red Alert as Nation’s Largest Lake Runs Dry

    The Jiangxi government in central China has issued a first-ever “red alert” after the nation’s largest lake, Poyang, shrunk to a record low, threatening water supplies.


    Since June, China’s Poyang Lake, typically a crucial flood outlet for the Yangtze, China’s longest river, has been experiencing severe drought.


    In the past three months, water levels at the lake’s crucial monitoring location have dropped from 19.43 meters to 7.1 meters.

    With continued scant rainfall, the Jiangxi Water Monitoring Centre predicted that Poyang lake’s water levels would drop dramatically over the next few days.


    According to the report, rainfall since July is 60% less than it was a year ago.

    A long dry spell across the Yangtze river basin severely reduced hydropower output and harmed crop growth in advance of the autumn harvest, and as many as 267 weather stations in China reported record temperatures in August.

    While much of southwest China has experienced relief from the drought thanks to heavy rain, Jiangxi has now experienced extremely dry conditions for more than 70 days.


    The local water bureau reported earlier this week that 10 reservoirs in the neighbouring Anhui province had dropped below the “dead pool” level, rendering them incapable of releasing water downstream.


    This week, state weather forecasters warned that the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze were still experiencing drought conditions, necessitating efforts to seed clouds and divert water from other sources.

    China Issues "Red Alert" As Nation's Largest Lake Runs Dry

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    The irony tastes delicious.

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    Luckily there's Taiwan and Russia to deflect attention

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    I wonder if they will find any dead bodies, like Lake Mead.

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    Ultimate Chinese take away?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    I wonder if they will find any dead bodies, like Lake Mead.
    From the 100 million fellow Chinese that were murdered by the Communist Party? Quite possibly so.

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    A mass grave?

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    Well since the "Great Leap Forward" killed millions, I would imagine the place is a fucking carpet of dead bodies rather than the odd mass grave.

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    A'hh yes, the Great Leap forward 1958- 1962. Been quite a few changes since then! Useful though, to remind us how things change in a changing World.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Been quite a few changes since then! Useful though, to remind us how things change in a changing World.
    Same oppressive government . . . things don't change in some. Cultural revolution, great leap forward etc ... same things, different names and equal outcomes = murdering innocent civilians

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