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Drought-hit China Provinces to Get Rain Relief this Week

Drought-plagued central China is now preparing for torrential rains, Reuters reports:Rainfall of between 10-152 millimetres could hit China’s parched central provinces of Hunan, Anhui and Jiangxi, the China News website reported, citing local weather reports. While the rain would replenish water supplies in the food-producing region, known locally as a “land of fish and rice”, i