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Drought brings impact on ecological environment
2011-06-03 13:34
The lingering drought in Central and East China's provinces has brought much impact on ecological environment, said an environmental official Friday at a press conference.
Hope dries up with evaporating lake
2011-06-03 07:20
Holding her year-old son, Liu Yuanrong looks out at the rapidly shrinking lake where her boat sits stranded in shallow water.
Drought 'won't cause grain price surge'
2011-06-02 13:20
The worst drought in half a century in China will not push up grain prices drastically, but paddy rice growth will be affected, experts say.
No dragon boat races in drought-affected area
2011-06-01 17:25
This year's Dragon Boat Festival will lack some of its usual festivities in Wagouzi village in Honghu city of Central China's Hubei province - they cannot hold dragon boat races as severe drought has dried up local rivers and lakes.
35 million people affected by drought
2011-05-28 08:03
A severe drought from April has affected some 34.83 million people in five provinces along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and 4.23 million of them are experiencing difficulty with drinking water.
China's fishermen suffering in drought
2011-05-26 16:56
A lingering drought has severely impacted the livelihoods of fishermen in several Chinese provinces and forced some of them to leave their homes.
Two fresh water lakes shrinking
2011-05-29 17:18
China's two largest fresh water lakes are drying up amid a lingering drought that has plagued the Yangtze River, China's longest river, with the lowest levels of rainfall seen since 1961. Drought affects 35 m people
Farmers kiss rice harvest goodbye
2011-05-25 07:52
Severe drought is still haunting the rice-growing areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River despite recent rainfall and increasing releases of water from the Three Gorges Dam.
Worst drought in 50 years along Yangtze
2011-05-25 07:45
The worst drought in 50 years to hit provinces along the Yangtze River may continue to plague Central China.Farmers kiss rice harvest goodbye Hydropower running out of steam due to drought
County denies drinking water shortage
2011-05-26 08:22
Water authorities in Xuyi county, Jiangsu province, have denied there is a drinking water shortage, although the lingering drought has greatly affected life of the locals.
Severe drought drains farmland and fish ponds
2011-05-26 08:01
Fishing boats and farmland have been left desolate in the drought-hit areas along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, inflicting huge losses on farmers.

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