160,000 suffer water shortage after prolonged drought
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-17 09:34
A farmer collects water from a shallow well in TuanjieVillage, HuiningCounty, in northwest China's Gansu province, July 15, 2009. There has been almost no rain since January this year in Huining, leaving the county’s 160,000 residents and 226,000 livestock without enough water. [Xinhua]