A file photo shows a villager from Jianshui county of Yunnan province driving an ox-cart to transport water for drinking and irrigation to minimize losses caused by a severe drought in the region. [China Daily]Kunming - More than 8 million people are facing a grain shortage due to the lingering drought in the southwestern province of Yunnan, a senior provincial official said.
Ou Zhiming, deputy director of the Yunnan provincial poverty alleviation office, said on Friday that the drought has led to crop failure in more than 3.1 million hectares.
Also, 125 of the province's 129 counties have suffered from the drought, he said.
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