Wildlife reserves damaged by drought

2010-05-05 02:16:26 GMT China Daily BEIJING, May 4 -- The worst drought in 50 years in the southwestern province of Yunnan has damaged local diversity, provincial forestry officials said.

Drought in southwest China breaks after 6 falls of rain: official

2010-04-28 15:29:00 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The severe drought in southwest China has broken after six falls of rain in the past month, Chen Zhenlin, spokesman with the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), said here Wednesday.

Drought in southwest China breaks after 6 falls of rain: official

2010-04-28 14:54:54 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The severe drought in southwest China has broken after six falls of rain in the past month, Chen Zhenlin, spokesman with the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), said here Wednesday.

Drought takes heavy toll on boarding schools

2010-04-14 23:50:00 GMT China Daily Lining up to get a few litres of water; no bathing or tooth brushing for weeks; clouds of flies crawling on the bed sheets, along the edges of bowls, and over the latrines; green vegetables a rarity in their diet. These are the realities of daily life for more than 24,000 students and teachers in 68 boarding schools in Shizong County, one of the areas worst-hit by the severe drought in Southwest China’s Yunnan province.

Drought eases in Sichuan, lingers in other affected regions

2010-04-14 02:39:27 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- China's drought relief authorities said Tuesday heavy rains had eased the drought in southwest China's Sichuan Province, but dry weather and high temperatures continued in other affected regions.

Water-splashing festival reduced to water-sprinkling

2010-04-14 00:59:06 GMT China Daily Xishuangbanna, Yunnan - What is the description of a Water-Splashing Festival with little water?

Jiulong Waterfall sees less visitors due to severe drought

2010-05-02 10:38:49 GMT Xinhua English The photos taken on July 31, 2007 show the scene of Jiulong Waterfall in Luoping County, southwest China's Yunnan Province.

Drought-ravaged Guangxi meets rainy weather

2010-04-26 02:40:41 GMT Xinhua English Most areas of the Hechi City, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, met the rainy weather in the late April as they have been in serious drought for months before.

Kilometres long water pipe built to combat water shortage

2010-04-12 01:15:46 GMT Xinhua English As severe drought has ravaged China's southwest region since last October, leading to serious drinking water shortage of local human beings and livestocks, the local police managed to build kilomeres long water pipe to help solve the problem.

Children coping with life under dry skies

2010-04-09 07:32:08 GMT China Daily Children coping with life under dry skies in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on April 8, 2010.

Solar power helps water supply

2010-04-07 06:57:37 GMT Xinhua English Since drought ravaged Yunnan in November last year, Greenpeace China has built solar-powered water pumping stations for free in areas with power shortage to provide irrigation water for local peasants.

Flowers suffer from severe drought in Yunnan

2010-04-07 06:50:32 GMT Xinhua English The flower industry has been badly hit by the worst drought in a century, with 80 percent of flower beds drying up in the province.