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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Encountering the exceptional disasters twice, they were in miracle safety. Are they lucky or not? It's really hard to say.

两次碰上罕见的祸事，而又两次奇迹般地安然无恙，他们究竟算是幸运，还是不幸，的确难以说清。

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