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Persistent drought hits Guangdong
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-02-22 16:44


A little girl helps her family wash rice in Xuwen County, south China's Guangdong Province February 21, 2006. Due to persistent drought plaguing the Leizhou Peninsula, many farmers have difficulty in getting drinking water, and they use buckets to fetch water from other places. Weather department say the drought may continue until May, and authorities are taking measures to help the farmers. [Xinhua]

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