C China's Hunan hit by lasting droughts

A villager looks at the bottom of a pond full of cracks due to drought in Xinhua county of Central China's Hunan province, July 30, 2011. Due to high temperature and the lack of rainfalls, 27 counties and cities in Hunan have been hit by lasting droughts in recent days, according to the province's flood control and drought relief Headquarters. [Photo/Xinhua]