Mexico City, Aug 20 (EFE) More than three million farmers are reeling under drought in Mexico this year due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, officials said.

The National Water Commission said some 3.5 million farmers are reeling under drought.

The commission said there is very little water at the 800 large reservoirs in the country.

Some 50,000 cattle head have already died due to lack of water and if the drought persists there is a danger of losing seven million hectares of crops, it noted.

The warm Pacific waters associated with the El Nino phenomenon could also bring hurricanes in the country, said Felipe Arreguin, deputy director, of the commission.

'Despite the destructive force of the hurricanes, Mexico can't live without them. The country would be nothing but desert,' Arreguin said.