A farmer displays dead paddy seedlings on a dried-up paddy field
in Zhaoping County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region August 1,
2007. Local residents are experiencing a once-in-a decade severe
drought due to continuous searing heat and shortages of rainfall,
which has left large swathes of farmland cracked and crowds of
residents thirsty for sufficient drinking water.
Dead paddy seedlings are pictured on a dried-up paddy field in
Zhaoping County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
August 1, 2007.
Cars drive along a flooded street in Zhengzhou, central China's
Henan Province August 2, 2007. More than 700
people have been killed in floods so far this summer.
A motocyclist pushes her motocycle through a flooded street in
Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province August 2, 2007. More than
700 people have been killed in floods so far this summer.
A general view shows the landslide on a mountain in Beichuan
Qiang Autonomous County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 31, 2007. The landside
started on July 28, destroying an old street and leaving 700 local
residents displaced from their homes.
(China Daily August 3, 2007)
