Continuous rain induced by cloud seeding over the past two days has helped ease the drought particularly in east and southeast of Guizhou Province.
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The severe drought in China's southwest had worsened as affected areas had received little rainfall in the past two weeks, said China's drought relief authorities Tuesday.
Rain fell in parts of drought-stricken Guizhou from Monday to Tuesday, offering some respite to the mountainous province in southwest China hit by the worst drought in 60 years.
Twelve of the 14 cities in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region are affected by drought, the regional flood-control and drought relief authority announced Monday.
A severe drought in southwest China, which local people say is the worst in a century, is forecast to linger and extend till the start of the rainy season in May, according to two provincial meteorological stations.
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