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Lingering droughts in Guizhou affect more than 12 mln people

（Xinhua）  20:50, July 31, 2013  

A hand reaches into the crack of a farmland in Shangzhai Village of Xiuwen County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 31, 2013. Lingering droughts in Guizhou have affected more than 12 million people. Over 2 million people lack adequate supplies of drinking water, and a total of 847,300 hectares of farmland is damaged by the drought. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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（Editor：LiQian、Gao Yinan）

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