Natural disasters: cold in Europe and America, drought in China

A frenzy of air is embracing North America and Europe, causing many disturbances in life. In contrast, in China, more than a million people are facing increasingly severe water shortages due to drought in the south of the country.

At a location near Naples, southeastern Italy, hundreds of passengers, including a five-month-old baby, were trapped in a broken train in the absence of a heater outside. chill. This fast train took nearly 20 hours to complete the 500km long journey. The railroad company said it would refund tickets for passengers and provide them with blankets and milk.

In Milan and Rome, heavy snowfall caused the two airports to temporarily shut down for several hours. According to many people, heavy and persistent snowfall is a rare phenomenon in this area. The government issued a warning order and asked people to minimize traveling by car due to slippery roads.

In the United States, on December 16, the National Meteorological Agency (NWS) issued an alert to the northern and eastern regions, heavily affected by a winter storm with snow and ice. Bad weather in recent days has killed 38 people in the states in this region.

Heavy snowfall caused traffic congestion in Canada

Canada - America's neighbor, also suffered two consecutive snowstorms. In downtown Montreal, the streets become deserted even during the year-end shopping season. Hundreds of domestic and international flights have been canceled. Many parts of Quebec province were submerged under 50cm of snow in strong winds of 60 km / h. Many roads temporarily closed due to bad weather.

Meanwhile, more than a million people in the Choang Autonomous Region of Guangxi Province, southwestern China, are running out of clean water due to unprecedented drought from 1951 until now . Many large rice growing areas in southern China are also experiencing severe drought, the water level of the two major rivers in the region is also at its lowest level ever. The Chinese government plans to implement the allocation of $ 310.8 million of clean water to villages with severe drought.

Drought in southwest China

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According to AP, AFP, EuroNews, La Presse, Reuters, Youth