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PHOTO Drought dries up reservoirs nationwide

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By Park Ung
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The dried-up bed of Okcheon Reservoir is exposed in Changnyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, Monday. Meteorological drought — a period of below-average precipitation — has hit 48 cities and counties nationwide, with the average water storage rate at agricultural reservoirs standing at 53.2 percent, or 76.1 percent of the normal rate of 69.9 percent. Yonhap

The dried-up bed of Okcheon Reservoir is exposed in Changnyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, Monday. Meteorological drought — a period of below-average precipitation — has hit 48 cities and counties nationwide, with the average water storage rate at agricultural reservoirs standing at 53.2 percent, or 76.1 percent of the normal rate of 69.9 percent. Yonhap