Rain brought some relief for drought-stricken central China yesterday, but hot weather forecast for the next few days could worsen the situation, the most serious along the Yangtze River in more than 50 years. Rainfalls…
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Workers at a national natural reserve in Shishou, Hubei Privince attempts to help freshwater dolphins Friday whose lives were threatened by dangerously low water levels due to a severe drought. Photo: CFP Persistent drought in…
In this April 29, 2011 photo, part of the Yangtze River’s river bed is exposed as water level lowered by drought, in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Much of central China is enduring its worst energy…