Persistant drought hits parts of China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-08-14 15:23
![Two children play in a dried-up pool at Xiniushi Village in Daying County of Suining City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006. Most areas of Sichuan Province have been suffering from month-long drought and searing heat. Local governments have allocated funds to help residents fight against drought by tapping ground water and improving water conservation facilities. [Zhong Min/Xinhua]](xin_3308031409313831419435.jpg)
Two children
play in a dried-up pool at Xiniushi Village in Daying County
of Suining City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sunday, Aug. 13,
2006. Southwest Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou, northwest Inner Mongolia, Gansu and Ningxia
and central Hubei have been badly affected by a drought that has
affected 17.6 million hectares of farmland since April. [Xinhua]
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