On February 25, 2010 (January 12, 2010 in the lunar calendar), Asia suffered the worst drought in a century, reducing grain production or causing inflation. Dry River Bed According to a report by the US World News Network on March 25, Asia is currently experiencing a rare drought, from southwestern China to Southeast Asia. There has been no rain for many months. Not only has people's lives been seriously affected, but many crops have withered and harvests have been greatly reduced. Many agricultural economic experts have issued warnings. Southwest China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing) has suffered a century-old drought, and Southeast Asian countries have also fallen into severe drought. The Philippines has not had a single rain since November last year, 52 of Thailand's 76 provinces have become drought-stricken areas, and the water level of the Mekong River, which is regarded as the lifeline of six Southeast Asian countries with a population of 65 million, has dropped to its lowest point in 20 years. The Mekong River, which originates from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China and flows through Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, is the largest river in Southeast Asia. Due to the early end of the rainy season in 2009 and the sharp drop in rainfall during the rainy season, the water level in some river sections in Thailand has dropped to only 30 centimeters. The water level in the Chongqing section of the Yangtze River in China continues to drop, and the river bank reaches the bottom. Other major river systems have also faced emergencies one after another. The Nanpan River in the upper reaches of the Pearl River in Yunnan has been cut off. The drought in the Beipan River Basin in Qinglong, Guizhou has also been extremely serious. Most hydropower stations are approaching dead water levels. Among them, the main hydropower stations that "send electricity from west to east" to Guangdong have significantly reduced production capacity, and the daily power generation is only one-tenth of the peak period. Drought in Southeast Asia has also had a serious impact on rice production and may trigger inflation. The rice production of Thailand and Vietnam in the Mekong River Basin accounts for nearly 40% of global rice trade. Vietnam, the world's second largest rice producer, has experienced a significant decrease in rainfall since September last year, and rice production is estimated to have been reduced by at least one third. In Thailand, at least 20,000 hectares of farmland are dry and 6.4 million rural residents are short of water. Under the influence of the El Niño phenomenon, drought losses to crops in the Philippines have reached approximately US$244.83 million so far this year, and the loss figure may exceed approximately US$349.76 million by June. Agriculture in the Philippines accounts for one-fifth of the GDP, and four out of every 10 people in the Philippines produce agricultural production, which has a huge impact. In addition, rubber tree production in places such as Malaysia and Thailand has also dropped sharply, and palm oil harvests in Malaysia and Indonesia have shrunk. In Singapore, February this year also set a record for the driest month since 1869, with only 6.3 centimeters of rainfall throughout the month. The International Monetary Fund has warned that climate change will damage Southeast Asian economies more than other countries, exacerbating water shortages in the region, threatening food security and increasing health risks. If the international community does not lend a helping hand to Southeast Asia, the region may reduce its GDP by an equivalent to 6% per year by 2100, more than twice the global average. This is not only true in Southeast Asia, but more than 60 million people in China have been affected by the drought in southwest China. The drought caused by global climate change has also caused at least 120,000 households in Honduras in Central and South America to experience food shortages. Schematic diagram of the five provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities with the worst drought conditions farmers dig wells in dry ponds. The dirty well water is no longer drinkable and can only irrigate the arid land