160,000 suffer water shortage after prolonged drought
2009-07-17 01:51:20 GMT2009-07-17 09:51:20 (Beijing Time)
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Chinese firemen deliver water to farmers in the drought-hit Tuanjie Village, Huining County, in northwest China's Gansu province, July 15, 2009. There has been almost no rain since January this year in Huining, leaving the county’s 160,000 residents and 226,000 livestock without enough water. [Xinhua]
Farmers carry water up a mountain road in Tuanjie Village, Huining County, in northwest China's Gansu province, July 15, 2009. There has been almost no rain since January this year in Huining, leaving the county’s 160,000 residents and 226,000 livestock without enough water. [Xinhua]
Farmers carry water up a mountain road in Tuanjie Village, Huining County, in northwest China's Gansu province, July 15, 2009. There has been almost no rain since January this year in Huining, leaving the county’s 160,000 residents and 226,000 livestock without enough water. [Xinhua]
A farmer collects water from a shallow well in Tuanjie Village, Huining County, in northwest China's Gansu province, July 15, 2009. There has been almost no rain since January this year in Huining, leaving the county’s 160,000 residents and 226,000 livestock without enough water. [Xinhua]
A farmer drives donkeys carrying water on a mountain road in Tuanjie Village, Huining County, in northwest China's Gansu province, July 15, 2009. There has been almost no rain since January this year in Huining, leaving the county’s 160,000 residents and 226,000 livestock without enough water. [Xinhua]
Chinese firemen deliver water to farmers in the drought-hit Tuanjie Village, Huining County, in northwest China's Gansu province, July 15, 2009. There has been almost no rain since January this year in Huining, leaving the county’s 160,000 residents and 226,000 livestock without enough water.
