Riverbed Playtime
Aug. 21, 2006 - Chongqing, China - Two children play on the Jialing RiverŐs dried-up riverbed during a drought. Approximately 7.84 million people in 37 districts and counties in Chongqing suffered drinking-water shortages. The drought has caused 3.75 billion yuan ($470 million U.S. dollars) in losses. Local governments arranged for 13,420 water wagons and dug nearly 30,000 new wells to provide water for 4.24 million people.
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