USA: Los Angeles waiting for rain.

In May, the city of Los Angeles has not yet received a single drop of rain and the second largest city of the United States continues to experience the driest condition from 130 years ago.

According to the US Meteorological Agency (NWS), since the beginning of the year, rainfall in the Los Angeles center has only reached 8.15 cm compared to the annual average of 38.3 cm. The persistent drought also covers the rest of southern California, where more than 20 million people live. In this area, most of the seeds have rainfall equal to 1/4 of the annual.

Firefighting forces in the state of Calironia fear that drought will lead to a particularly intense forest fire season and are likely to be worse than forest fires in 2006. According to the National Fire Center, yearly fires last year burned 39,957 square kilometers of forest land, roughly equal to the area of ​​Switzerland. In addition, the shortage of rainwater also stresses the clean water system for Los Angeles, where residential areas are built on semi-desert areas.

According to a study published last April 6 by American scientists, the southwestern United States and part of northern Mexico may become more arid in the 21st century due to the effects of climate conditions. Earth warms up.

On the same flower field in Los Angeles.The picture above is arid in May 2007 while the field was full of flowers in April 2003.(Photo: TTO)

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