BEIJING — Ministries of finance and emergency management on Oct 14 allocated an emergency funding of 72 million yuan (about $10.2 million) for drought relief in North China's Shanxi province.

The fund will be used to improve local residents' living conditions that were severely affected by a prolonged drought.

The central government activated a level-IV emergency response last month and deployed a work team in Shanxi's disaster-hit areas to monitor the conditions and help with disaster relief.