| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T39 |
0-69 |
Sentence |
denotes |
SARS-1 broke out in Foshan, Guangdong Province, in November 2002 [6]. |
| T40 |
70-150 |
Sentence |
denotes |
SARS-2 started in Wuhan in Hubei Province no later than early December 2019 [7]. |
| T41 |
151-270 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In China, November and December are winter months, and are the coldest months of the year in these two locations [8,9]. |
| T42 |
271-360 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Cold temperature usually provides a conducive environmental condition for virus survival. |
| T43 |
361-475 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In addition to this, we also noticed that severe drought occurred in both locations at the times of the outbreaks. |
| T44 |
476-548 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The annual rainfall in Foshan in December 2002 nearly reached 0 mm [10]. |
| T45 |
549-721 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In fact, drought occurred in the whole of Guangdong Province that year, causing more than 1300 reservoirs drying up and 286,000 hectares of farmland suffering drought [11]. |
| T46 |
722-855 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Coincidentally, Wuhan also suffered its worst drought in nearly 40 years, with precipitation of only 5.5 mm in December 2019 [12,13]. |
| T47 |
856-1083 |
Sentence |
denotes |
These drought conditions were rare for both locations as their average annual precipitations are greater than 1100 mm [8,9], which are higher than the global average annual rainfall of 990 mm, of which 715 mm is over land [14]. |
| T48 |
1084-1178 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Cold, dry conditions are more conducive than cold conditions alone for virus survival [15,16]. |
| T49 |
1179-1318 |
Sentence |
denotes |
During the cold winter, air-dried virus particles are a dangerous form of virus, which survives for a long period of time in airflows [17]. |