这次旱灾虽然严重,还比不上2000年的那次大旱,但舆论的强烈关注对于完善抗旱机制大有好处持续的干旱揭开了埋藏在土地深处已久的问题。从2008年11月下旬开始,全国冬小麦主产区降水量明显偏少,部分地区连续八十天无降水,严重地区达到一百天以上,气象干旱达到30年一遇。国家迅速启动Ⅰ级抗旱应急响应机制,水利部成立6个专家组赶赴旱区指导抗旱。 Although this drought was severe, it was still not as big as the drought in 2000. However, strong media attention has greatly benefited the drought-relief mechanism. Continued droughts have opened up a long-buried problem in the land. From late November 2008 onwards, the precipitation in the main winter wheat producing areas in the whole country was obviously less than normal. In some areas, there were no precipitation for 80 consecutive days, severe areas reached more than one hundred days and meteorological drought reached 30 years. The state promptly launched a drought emergency response mechanism level Ⅰ, the Ministry of Water Resources set up six expert groups rushed to dry areas to guide drought.