2010 China drought and dust storms the drought, including a three-day tour in mid-March in Yunnan, including Luliang County, which had seen no rainfall since August, to promote water conservation, and another visit in early April 2010 to several Miao and Buyei Autonomous Prefectures in Guizhou, some of the worst-hit places where farming has been made impossible. Most provinces in South China affected by the drought were hit by a series of floods beginning in mid-May that ended most of the drought but also destroyed large areas of farmland. Strong dust storms from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia hit Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi,
Gobi Arts and Science College Gobi Arts and Science College – Gobi Arts and Science College (Gobi Arts) is an autonomous institution affiliated to Bharathiar University located in Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1968 by K. M. Ramaswamy Gounder. The college was established in 1968 affiliated to Madras University, Chennai. Later, the college became affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. It is a co-educational grant-in-aid institution managed by the Gobi Arts College Council, registered on 25.8.1967 under the Societies Registration Act, XXI of 1860. The college was started with the noble objective of opening the doors of higher education to the poor and