Shaoguan residents wait in line for clean water in south China's Guangdong Province, July 19, 2006. Tropical storm Bilis claimed 44 lives in the city of half a million, and caused problems in the water supply.

A woman carries containers filled with water in Shaoguan, south China's Guangdong Province, July 19, 2006.

A soldier helps distribute clean water as local residents wait in line at a distribution point in Shaoguan, south China's Guangdong Province, July 19, 2006.

A woman carries containers filled with water as local residents wait in line for clean water at a distribution point in Shaoguan, south China's Guangdong Province, July 19, 2006.

Local residents wait in line for clean water at a distribution point in Shaoguan, south China's Guangdong Province, July 19, 2006.

(China Daily July 20, 2006)