BEIJING (AFP) — Southwest China is experiencing a serious dryness with 2.

BEIJING (AFP) — Southwest China is experiencing a serious dryness with 2.39 million people facing a shortage of drinking water, state media have said.

The dried spell has descended over Sichuan province, which is located and nothing else a few hundred kilometers (miles) from Guizhou region which is generally soaked in torrential rains.

Xinhua of recent origins agency said 53 counties were hit by way of drought in spring, ...