N. China county hit by strong hail
(China Foto Base)
Updated: 2006-07-28 22:14
A farmer in Yuzhong County, northwest China's Gansu
Province, holds a handful of hailstones after a strong hail struck his
farmland Thursday, July 27, 2006. The hail, never seen in this
area over the past 50 years, stripped the harvest of over
1,600 hectares of farmland, resulting in a direct economic loss of 8.5
million yuan and causing 6156 people in 1393 households to living on
nothing till early next year. Ruscue work is under way. [China Foto Base]
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