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People irrigate the wheat field at Xiaolu Village in Yuzhou, a city in central China's Henan Province, on February 4, 2009. Henan, China's major grain producer, issued a red alert for drought on January 29. The provincial meteorological bureau said the drought is the worst since 1951. The drought has affected 63 percent of the province's 5.26 million hectares of wheat.
People irrigate the wheat field at Xiaolu Village in Yuzhou, a city in central China's Henan Province, on February 4, 2009. Henan, China's major grain producer, issued a red alert for drought on January 29. The provincial meteorological bureau said the drought is the worst since 1951. The drought has affected 63 percent of the province's 5.26 million hectares of wheat. [Xinhua]

 

Firemen help irrigate the wheat field in Luoyang, a city in central China's Henan Province, on February 4, 2009. Henan, China's major grain producer, issued a red alert for drought on January 29. The provincial meteorological bureau said the drought is the worst since 1951. The drought has affected 63 percent of the province's 5.26 million hectares of wheat.
Firemen help irrigate the wheat field in Luoyang, a city in central China's Henan Province, on February 4, 2009. Henan, China's major grain producer, issued a red alert for drought on January 29. The provincial meteorological bureau said the drought is the worst since 1951. The drought has affected 63 percent of the province's 5.26 million hectares of wheat. [Xinhua]

 
 (Xinhua News Agency February 5, 2009)

People irrigate the wheat field at Xindian Village in Luoyang, a city in central China's Henan Province, on January 4, 2009. Drought has hit most of Henan Province, one of China's key wheat producing regions, due to lack of rainfall since last October.
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