Now, the dam seems to be causing the opposite problem, spurring drought in central and eastern China.
但现在看来，大坝却引出了一个完全相反的问题：中国中东部地区的大旱。Period were too few to ensure there are no water shortages, drought throughout the irrigated area not seen a year of drought.
保证偏少期期不出现缺水现象，使整个灌区的大旱之年不见旱。And along the east coast, droughts have reduced the Yangtze River to its lowest water levels in fifty years.
而东部沿岸，大旱则使长江降到了50年来的最低水位。It is mainly a result of natural causes, like the sharp weather changes from extreme droughts to heavy rainstorms.
主要是由自然因素的，比如剧烈的气候，从大旱到强烈暴风雨频繁。The drought, which has lasted for five months, has brought water levels in the middle part of the Yangtze to a near-record low.
已经延续长达5个月的大旱使长江中游地区的水位下降到接近历史最低点。The mercy of God is beautiful in the time of affliction, as a cloud of rain in the time of drought.
在患难时，天主的仁慈是甘饴的，有如大旱时的云雨。East Africa drought continues, thousands of Somali refugees, the influx of refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, in search of food.
东非大旱持续，数以万计的索马里难民，不断涌入埃塞俄比亚和肯尼亚的难民营，寻找食物。China's worst drought in a half-century is deepening, with millionaire the Yangtze River region without enough drinking water.
这场五十年一遇的大旱仍在加剧，长江流域数百万民众饮用水困难。The areas most affected by the drought are northern Kenya, south-eastern Ethiopia, southern Somalia and Djibouti.
受大旱影响最严重的是肯尼亚北部，埃塞俄比亚东南部，索马里南部以及吉布提地区。