Friday, September 01, 2006

Drought takes rising toll on southwest China



August 21, 2006.

Children walk past a dried up riverbed in China's Chongqing municipality on Aug. 21. Broiling temperatures and a severe drought have left millions of people short of water and strained power supplies in many parts of China, leading to at least three deaths and a blackout in one city, news reports said.

(AP)
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