Rainfall brings relief to drought-ravaged Kunming
Yingtan City in Jiangxi suffers from drought
Yangtze River witnesses lowest level
Waterlevel of Xiangjiang River reaches lowest
China Three Gorges Corporation defends ongoing plan to raise water level
Severe drought hits Xiang River
A persistent, severe drought over the past months has stunted rice crop, dried up reservoirs and caused water shortage to 2.47 million people in southern China's provinces. Until Nov.5, the drought had affected 18.83 million mu (1.26 million hectares) of farmland in provinces of Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Fujian, Hubei and Jiangsu and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.