N. China county hit by strong hail (China Foto Base) Updated: 2006-07-28 22:14

A farmer in Yuzhong County, northwest China's Gansu Province, grieves over
loss on his farmland which was stricken by a strong hail 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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