A villager shows the seedless wheet ear due to the severe drought in Panxian, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on March 10, 2010. A severe drought in southwest China, which local people say is the worst in a century, is forecast to linger till the start of the rainy season in May, according to two provincial meteorological stations. [Xinhua]

A village official points to an area where the severe drought occurred in Panxian, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on March 10, 2010. [Xinhua]