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China employed artificial means to create rains in drought-stricken provinces

Updated: 2009-02-09 11:19
 

China employed artificial means to create rains in drought-stricken provinces

Artificial means employed to create rains in drought-stricken central China’s Henan Province. The artificial precipitation brought on average 0.5 millimeters of rainfall to 17 counties and cities. The province, a major wheat-producing area, is suffering the worst drought in half a century. (Xinhua/Cheng Quan)