High risk of flooding in parts of Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING – China’s north-eastern grain basket is bracing itself for another deluge of heavy rain, heaping more pain on farmers in the region who have already seen fields flooded and crops damaged by wild weather in August.
China’s north-eastern provinces are an agricultural powerhouse, accounting for around 45 per cent of the national corn harvest and 60 per cent of the country’s soya beans. The region has been battered by torrential rain, including from the remnants of Typhoon Khanun that swept through South Korea, which has flooded crops.
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