Liaoning suffers the most severe drought since 1951

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Photo taken on Sept. 1, 2014 shows cracked bed of the Tanzhangzi reservoir in Qiuzigou Township, Huludao, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Liaoning, which has suffered the most severe drought since 1951, has seen 7.07 million mu of crops (471,333 hectares) destroyed, and grain production in the province is expected to decline by 5 billion kg this year. Liaoning's provincial government has already earmarked 592 million yuan to fight drought and is building emergency water projects. [Photo/Xinhua]



 

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