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Members of a drought relief working team overhaul a water pump in Linfen, north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 5, 2009. China raised the drought emergency class Thursday from level two to level one, the highest alert, in response to the worst drought to hit northern China in half a century, according to a State Council meeting. [Yan Ruipeng/Xinhua]
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![Members of a drought relief working team overhaul a water pump in Linfen, north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 5, 2009. China raised the drought emergency class Thursday from level two to level one, the highest alert, in response to the worst drought to hit northern China in half a century, according to a State Council meeting. [Yan Ruipeng/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090206/000cf1a48b7f0af61d0d1d.jpg "Members of a drought relief working team overhaul a water pump in Linfen, north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 5, 2009. China raised the drought emergency class Thursday from level two to level one, the highest alert, in response to the worst drought to hit northern China in half a century, according to a State Council meeting. [Yan Ruipeng/Xinhua]")
