(150327) — JINAN, March 27, 2015 (Xinhua) — Photo taken on March 26, 2015 shows chapped bed of the Moushan Reservoir in Anqiu City, east China’s Shandong Province, March 26, 2015. The reservoir of a capacity of 278 cubic meters of water has only 220,000 cubic meters left.
A total of 157 rivers have been cut off from water and 274 reservoirs dried up due to drought so far. About 2.54 million mu (about 169,300 hectares) of crops were affected. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei) (mp)