The winters between 1988 and 1991 were very warm across most of China with temperatures up to 5 C above the average in the north. Severe drought in northern China. Liaoning and Jilin provinces suffered under the worst droughts in 40 years. The drought across northeastern China damaged much of the country's yearly wheat harvest, dried up water reservoirs and forced tens of thousands of people to travel for miles in search of drinking water. The Yangtze River's worst flood this century leaves 10 million homeless and 1,000 dead.
Chinese scientists blame the floods on global warming.
Above normal temperatures have been reported over the past six winters and a severe drought continues in the north of the country. Luo Jibin suggests that this could be the result of global warming. Summer flooding that began in June has claimed more than 400 lives, the worst sandstorm in 40 years killed over 70 in May and drought in the north and northeast has hammered six of China's most important grain producing provinces. Record rainfall in western China's Guangxi Zhuangzu region has flooded nearly 65,000 hectares of farmland and killed 32.