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Heat wave kills people, crops and hopes in S China

2013-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

China Daily: Wang Enda knows his harvest this year will be meager. The 58-year-old farmer in Haohuahong, a village in Guizhou province, sowed tens of thousands of corn seeds on his hectare of land in spring, but only a third of them sprouted due to the severe drought. What is worse is that all his hot peppers and grapes, which were supposed to bring him handsome returns, withered amid the drought that is sweeping through at least nine provinces and regions. "I'm not looking forward to the harvest," Wang said...

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