Millions suffer
Nature typically distributes its bounty paradoxically, as is evident in China, which is suffering flood and drought simultaneously. Over 7.6 million people in the country's rural areas have been hit by a severe drought; nearly 6.3 million livestock and over 5 million hectares of crops had been affected when reports last came in.
"There hasn't been enough rain in Shanxi Province or the Inner Mongolian and Ningxia Hui autonomous regions in North and Northwest China
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