A farmer in Yuzhong County, northwest China's Gansu Province, holding straws in both hands high, falls down on his knees helplessly after a strong hail struck his farmland Thursday, July 27, 2006. The hail, never seen in this area over the past 50 years, stripped the harvest of over 1,600 hectares of farmland, leading to a direct economic loss of 8.5 million yuan and causing 6,156 people in 1,393 households to living on nothing till early next year. The hail lasted more than an hour. Ruscue work is under way. [China Foto Base]

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