What is the area with severe drought in 221?
there are northwest China, western United States and so on.
On June 13th, 221, it was reported that the western part of the United States was experiencing a severe drought. Affected by the dry weather, the water level of Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by the iconic Hoover Dam in the western United States and the largest reservoir in the United States, has dropped to the lowest level in history since the 193s.
in June, 221, according to NBC, 72% of the western part of the United States was in a state of "severe drought" and 26% was in a state of "abnormal drought".
On June 27th, 221, local time, the National Weather Service issued a high temperature warning to Washington and Oregon, and Portland, Oregon reported a record-breaking high temperature of 43 degrees Celsius. Under the continuous high temperature and drought, the risk of forest fires has also increased, and many States in the United States have declared a state of emergency.
the western part of the United States is also facing the problem of water supply. The storage capacity of 15 important reservoirs in California is half lower than that of the same period of last year; Due to drought, farmland irrigation in the Wood River Basin in Idaho was cut off; Utah urged residents and businesses to reduce water consumption.
Disaster scope:
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon and great basin, Utah.