70 reservoirs in 16 cities and counties in Hainan have dried up and become ＂grassland＂

Daxian Reservoir with a total storage capacity of 2.08 million cubic meters has dried up.

　　Affected by the El Ni? o phenomenon, there is a serious drought in Hainan. Yesterday, the reporter saw in Daxian Reservoir in Haiwei Town, Changjiang Li Autonomous County, southwest of Hainan Province that the reservoir has dried up to the bottom, most of the bottom of the reservoir has turned into grassland, and some of the ground in the middle has cracked due to drought. Up to now, 16 cities and counties in Hainan Province have been affected by drought successively. There are 164 small and medium-sized reservoirs in the province whose water storage is lower than the outlet of drainage culvert, of which 70 have dried up, and the affected area of crops has reached 181,200 mu, and 28,000 people have difficulty drinking water temporarily. Hainan has invested 30 million yuan in drought relief to increase the intensity of artificial precipitation enhancement.

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　　Both reservoirs have "bottomed out" and "island in the middle of the lake" with exposed loess and long grass.

　　The reporter recently visited the largest reservoir in Hainan Province — — Songtao Reservoir and the second largest reservoir in the province — — Daguangba Reservoir found that the water storage capacity of these two reservoirs has been greatly reduced, and both have "bottomed out". The reporter went to Songtao Reservoir, located in the south of Danzhou City, and saw that the vastness before the reservoir no longer existed. A large area of loess was exposed in the reservoir, and some fishing boats docked on the shore.

　　Luo Feng, secretary of the Party branch of Songtao Reservoir Area, stood in front of the stone carving with the characters "Songtao Reservoir" and "overlooked" the water. "If it is a normal water level, the water can reach where I stand." Luo Feng said, "The water level has dropped more than 20 meters than normal, and it has also dropped by about 10 meters compared with the same period last year."

　　According to Fu Dongxuan, director of the dispatching center of Songtao Irrigation District Management Branch of Hainan Water Conservancy Irrigation District Administration, Songtao Reservoir has a total storage capacity of 3.345 billion cubic meters, and its main task is to solve the problems of irrigation water, industrial and domestic water use in Danzhou, Lingao, Chengmai and Haikou. But at present, the storage capacity of the reservoir is less than 1 billion cubic meters, and the water discharge capacity is less than 500 million cubic meters. Some towns farthest from the irrigation area in Danzhou once had difficulty drinking water for people and livestock.

　　The reporter drove all the way to Dongfang City, and the magnificent Daguangba Reservoir has also "bottomed out". Large areas of loess have been exposed at the bottom of the reservoir, forming an "island in the middle of the lake", which is covered with grass. On the other side of the dam, the rugged rocks are not moistened by water and are roasted by the scorching sun.

　　It is understood that the existing storage capacity of Daguangba Reservoir is only 400 million cubic meters, which is more than 1 billion cubic meters lower than the normal storage capacity and more than 400 million cubic meters lower than the same period last year.

　　Confucian Village: All the wells in the village have dried up.

　　3 villages drink water by water tankers.

　　Following in the footsteps of Zhang Shucheng, director of Rucun Village, the reporter came to a melon field. The vines and leaves of watermelons in the melon field were listless, some leaves were yellow and faded, and several big watermelons were not seen in the whole melon field. "According to the abundant rain in previous years, there should be big watermelons everywhere in the field, and it is not unusual to weigh seven or eight pounds." Zhang Shucheng said that this year’s drought is serious, melon farmers are short of water when sowing, and they are short of water for irrigation at ordinary times, and they are still short of water when flowering and fruiting. At this time in the past, melon merchants came to the village to talk about acquisitions. "This year, the output of watermelons has been reduced by at least 3/5. Watermelons are poor in growth, ugly in shape and low in quality, and no one has come to buy them. It can be said that melon farmers have lost their blood this year."

　　When you come to the Confucian village, you can see the bottom of the well in the village. "All the wells in the village have dried up." Zhang Shucheng said that people and animals in the village have difficulty drinking water. In March, the villagers reported the situation to the town. In order to solve the problem of drinking water for the villagers, Guangcun Town arranged a car to deliver water to the village the next day. "The water sent is only enough for people and animals to drink, and bathing and washing is a luxury." "Our village is relatively remote and it is difficult to lay a tap water pipeline, so the town invested to help us drill a 100-meter deep water well." Zhang Shucheng said that the deep water well has now been completed and can be put into use immediately.

　　"The drought is more serious this year, especially in Liuxing Village and Dalao Village in the town. From December 2015 to now, drinking water for people and livestock has been solved by sending water by car in the town. " Sun Zhannan, secretary of the town Committee of Eman Town, Danzhou City, said. Compared with Confucian villages in Guangcun town, the situation in Liuxing and Dalao villages in Eman town is more serious. According to Sun Zhannan, secretary of the town Committee of Eman Town, only 44 mu of rice is in the field because of the lack of irrigation and drought this year. "Not only is agriculture short of water, but drinking water for people and livestock is also a problem." Sun Zhannan said that it is very difficult for people and animals to drink water now. There are 29 households with 113 people in Liuxing Village, a multi-industry village committee, and 50 households with 204 people in Dalao Village. "Although the water pipeline has been laid, it has not yet been put into use." He said that in order to solve the drinking water problem in these two villages, the town government will arrange water trucks to transport water to the villages every day, once in the morning and once in the evening.

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　　El Nino’s over-age "El Nino" shows its power.

　　This round of El Nino phenomenon was named "Bruce Lee" by American meteorologists, because its duration, cumulative intensity and peak intensity all reached the highest level in 65 years. Although it has peaked since the beginning of this year, the El Nino "Bruce Lee" is still powerful. Affected by this, hot and dry weather has been going on in Southeast Asia and South Asia for quite some time.

　　According to the detection of China National Climate Center, the current El Ni? o phenomenon has lasted for 19 months since its development in September 2014, exceeding the cycle of 14 months and 13 months of the previous two super El Ni? o phenomena and becoming an over-aged "El Ni? o". From May 1997 to May 1998, the super-strong El Ni? o phenomenon caused a total of 21,000 deaths and caused a global economic loss of $36 billion.

　　(Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency People’s Network Southern Metropolis Daily)