And a geological journal published on the mainland last year reported a "strange lack" of water that spring and summer, which had resulted in a loss of 1.8 million kilos of crops and a shortage of drinking water.
農田需水時，卻又沒有足夠的水源。中共去年出版的「地理學報」中記載：「現在春夏播種季節水源奇缺，僅湖南南縣一地，由一九七二年開始，農產減少一百八十萬斤，老百姓吃水都有困難。」