Pedestrians and vehicles move in rain on a street in Shaodong County in Shaoyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 15, 2013. Hunan Province was hit by a severe drought this summer due to lingering high temperatures and lack of rainfall. Shaodong County experienced the most serious drought among all places in Hunan. The rain on Thursday caused by the periphery cloud system of typhoon Utor was the first large-scale rainfall in Shaodong in more than 40 days. (Xinhua/Bai Yu)
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