Regions reel from severe drought
By Hu Yinan | China Daily | Updated: 2009-02-05 07:49
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Children play on a dried up pond in Tangyin county, Henan province, on Tuesday. The province has been hit by its most severe drought since 1951, with no rain for more than 100 days. Chang Zhongzheng |
A severe drought continued to hit several regions in the country yesterday, leaving at least 3.7 million people short of water and endangering crop yields of at least seven major grain-producing provinces, the authorities said yesterday.
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