The Department of Agriculture's “drought monitor” says that 32% of the region is in “exceptional drought,” the most severe designation and one expected on this scale only once or twice a century.

"监测旱灾"的农业部称， 该区的32 ％正处在"异常干旱",最严重的受灾区和预计像这种规模的旱灾在一个世纪中也仅有一两次。

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Previously, the commission held that the amount of radiation released from FDI warranted only a level 5 designation on the International Nuclear Event Scale (which runs from 1 to 7).

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