Some twenty cargo ships were stranded in the Xiangjiang River in Xiangtan, Hunan Province, on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. The water level of some stretches of the river, the province's main waterway, fell sharply as the dry season began. [Xinhua]
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![Some twenty cargo ships were stranded in the Xiangjiang River in Xiangtan, Hunan Province, on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. The water level of some stretches of the river, the province's main waterway, fell sharply as the dry season began. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081017/000bcdb953f10a6238bb02.jpg "Some twenty cargo ships were stranded in the Xiangjiang River in Xiangtan, Hunan Province, on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. The water level of some stretches of the river, the province's main waterway, fell sharply as the dry season began. [Xinhua]")
