Severe Drought Hits SW China
Xinhua News Agency, August 26, 2011 Adjust font size:
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Students queue up for water delivered by a vehicle at Zhongtun Primary School of Wangjia Town in Malong County of Qujing City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Aug. 25, 2011. The city is suffering the worst summer drought since records began in 1961. Altogether the drought in provinces of Yunan, Guizhou, Hunan and Sichuan and the municipality of Chongqing has affected a combined 5.86 million hectares of crops in those regions, leaving a total of 12 million people and 9.17 million livestock short of drinking water. [Xinhua] |
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Students queue up for water delivered by a vehicle at Zhongtun Primary School of Wangjia Town in Malong County of Qujing City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Aug. 25, 2011. The city is suffering the worst summer drought since records began in 1961. Altogether the drought in provinces of Yunan, Guizhou, Hunan and Sichuan and the municipality of Chongqing has affected a combined 5.86 million hectares of crops in those regions, leaving a total of 12 million people and 9.17 million livestock short of drinking water. [Xinhua] |
