Extreme weather lashes country
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Residents should prepare for an increase in lightning, strong rain, wind and hail as the country enters the official summer flooding season.

The China Meteorological Administration yesterday said the country endured extreme weather in May, with storms in the south and record temperatures in the north.

Zhang Zuqiang, deputy director of CMA's department of emergency and disaster reduction and public service, said severe weather would continue as the official flooding season begins.

He said the coastal1 provinces were likely to experience the first typhoon this month.

Meanwhile, rainfall during the next 10 days would concentrate in the mid2 and lower Yangtze River, south China, eastern Sichuan, western and southern Yunnan, southeastern Tibet and southern Shaanxi.

Rain in these regions is expected to increase by 20-40 percent compared to the same period in earlier years, he said at the administration's monthly press conference yesterday.

But he said there was little rain predicted for the drought-stricken northeastern provinces and in the west.

The drought in Heilongjiang province in northeast China was now the most severe in its history, he said.

Drought-affected3 areas reached 92.54 million mu (6 million ha), or 53 percent of the province's arable4 land, on May 27.

Areas classified as severely5 affected by drought reached 37.4 million mu. There was a shortage of water in paddy fields covering about 6.06 million mu, he added.

Meanwhile, temperature in many parts of Heilongjiang, Yunnan, Sichuan, Zhejiang and Fujian reached new records in May.

CMA spokesperson Yu Xinwen said there had recently been numerous lightning strikes in many parts of the country, particularly the south.

Since February, there had been 670,000 lightning strikes, which was 80,000 more than the corresponding period in 2008.

There were 974 thunderstorms between January and May, which injured 23 people and caused 9 deaths.

Yu urged local meteorological departments to ensure they were prepared for the peak thunderstorm season between June and October.

He said storm-proof work at schools has been strengthened since lightning struck a village school in Chongqing, killing6 7 and injuring 39 in 2007.

Meanwhile, Zhang said there were fewer sandstorms in the northern part of the country in May, with just 22 per cent of the usual number in previous years.

In southern Xinjiang and the middle of Inner Mongolia, the sandstorms were the lightest since 2003.

Questions:

1. What were the two extreme weather conditions in the country during May?

2. What should coastal provinces expect this month?

3. What was of particular interest last month in the south in regards to extreme weather conditions when compared to the previous year?

Answers:

1. Extreme heat in the north and flooding in the south.

2. The first typhoon of the season.

3. The number of lightning storms.



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1 coastal WWiyh     
adj.海岸的,沿海的,沿岸的
参考例句:
  • The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
  • This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
2 mid doTzSB     
adj.中央的,中间的
参考例句:
  • Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
  • He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
3 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
4 arable vNuyi     
adj.可耕的,适合种植的
参考例句:
  • The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
  • Do you know how much arable land has been desolated?你知道什么每年有多少土地荒漠化吗?
5 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
参考例句:
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
6 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
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