Severe drought hits SW China
2010-02-26 08:01:43 GMT2010-02-26 16:01:43 (Beijing Time)
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Local officials inspect a dry pond in Mile County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Feb. 25, 2010. The worst drought in 60 years continue in Yunnan Province. About 109 ponds have been dried up and the storage of 120 water reservoirs have been run out in Mile County after half a year's severe drought. (Xinhua/Chen Haining)
Meng Jinyong, a local villager, digs lotus roots in a dry pond in Mile County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Feb. 25, 2010. The worst drought in 60 years continue in Yunnan Province. About 109 ponds have been dried up and the storage of 120 water reservoirs have been run out in Mile County after half a year's severe drought. (Xinhua/Chen Haining)
Photo taken on Feb. 25, 2010 shows a dry pond in Mile County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The worst drought in 60 years continue in Yunnan Province. About 109 ponds have been dried up and the storage of 120 water reservoirs have been run out in Mile County after half a year's severe drought. (Xinhua/Chen Haining)
Pu Bixian, a 62-year-old local villager, digs lotus roots in a dry pond in Mile County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Feb. 25, 2010. The worst drought in 60 years continue in Yunnan Province. About 109 ponds have been dried up and the storage of 120 water reservoirs have been run out in Mile County after half a year's severe drought. (Xinhua/Chen Haining)
Local residents wash clothes with underground water in Napo County of Baise City, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 24, 2010. Drought has plagued local people for months, causing three reservoirs to dry up. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
The worst drought in 60 years continue in Yunnan Province. About 109 ponds have been dried up and the storage of 120 water reservoirs have been run out in Mile County after half a year's severe drought.
