中国很大部分地区经受了几十年来最严重的旱灾。渔民，农民，和野生动物一直忍受了数月旱灾的艰辛。为了缓解危机，中国的三峡大坝已经向长江中下游放水。然而，自六月初，一系列的暴雨滂沱冲击了南部中国，淹没了大量原本干裂的农田，并引发了自1955年以来最严重的洪水。到目前为止，已报告175人死亡，86失踪。中国官员说，他们计划增加一倍节水项目的投资，因为这个国家每年有400亿立方米的水资源短缺。下面收集的是最近来自中国的图像，这个国家不得不先应付水太少，然后又应付水太多。
Floods Follow Drought in China
Huge parts of China have been affected by some of the worst droughtconditions in decades. Fishermen, farmers, and wildlife have beenenduring hardships for months now. In an effort to alleviate the crisis,China’s Three Gorges Dam has been discharging water to the middle andlower reaches of the Yangtze River. However, since early June, a seriesof torrential rainstorms has been pounding southern China, overwhelmingparched farmlands and triggering some of the worst flooding since 1955.So far, 175 have been reported dead and 86 missing. Chinese officialssay they plan to double investments in water conservation projects, asthe country deals with a shortage of 40 billion cubic meters of watereach year. Gathered below are recent images from China, a nation thathas been coping first with too little water, then with far too much. [
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Farmer Lu Keshuang holds his rake as he takes a break from turning thesoil in his drought-affected field near the village of Zhuanghuyu,located 80 kilometers north of Beijing, on February 23, 2011. China`slong drought in northern wheat areas has been alleviated by recent heavyrains. (Reuters/David Gray)
A boat is seen stranded on the cracked bed of a dried area of Xieshan,which is part of Poyang Lake in east China`s Jiangxi Province May 4,2011. (Reuters/China Daily)
A dead turtle lies on a dried riverbank of the Yangtze River under theJiujiang Yangtze River Bridge in Jiujiang in Jiangxi Province, China, onJune 2, 2011. (AP Photo/ Eugene Hoshiko)
Water drips from a sprinkler head near residential apartment buildingsin Beijing, China, on Thursday, March 24, 2011. China plans to doubleits investment in water conservation projects as cities face shortages.Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei says two-thirds of Chinese citieshave trouble accessing water. Every year the country is short of 40billion cubic meters of water. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
In this photo taken June 2, 2011, a fishing boat is left abandoned inthe bottom of the dried-up Poyang Lake, a vast wetland turned dry byChina`s worst drought in decades, in Xingzi in Jiangxi Province, China.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Villagers irrigate a wheat field with water collected from a nearbypond in drought-affected Songxian county, Henan province February 22,2011. China`s drought-hit wheat-growing areas shrank further as ofSunday as irrigation expanded, the Ministry of Agriculture said onMonday. (Reuters/Donald Chan)
A man walks on a river shoal, which appeared after the water level ofthe Yangtze River declined, as the city of Wuhan is seen in thebackground, in Wuhan, Hubei province, on May 26, 2011.(Reuters/Stringer)
A fishing boat lies stranded among fishing poles, which are normallyalmost completely underwater at this time of the year, at Honghu Lake,near Honghu city in central China`s Hubei province, on May 29, 2011.(Reuters/David Gray)
A farmer squats in a dried-up pool in Huangpi district of Wuhan,central China`s Hubei province, on May 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, ZhengFeng)
In this photo taken June 2, 2011, a bird observation platform stands inthe dried-up Poyang Lake, a vast wetland turned dry by China`s worstdrought in decades, in Yongxiu in Jiangxi Province, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A girl puts on her boots near a flooded tunnel in Wuhan, Hubeiprovince, on June 18, 2011. More than one million people in China havebeen evacuated following downpours that have raised water levels inrivers to critical highs, and triggered floods and landslides. Summerrains have left more than 150 people dead or missing so far, and weatherauthorities warned that flood-hit areas across the southern half ofChina would experience a fresh round of heavy rainfall. (Reuters/DarleyWong)
People trapped by flood water wait to be rescued from the Fuxing WoodIndustry Co. building on June 6, 2011, in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province,China. (ChinaFotoPress)
A paramilitary policeman walks on a bridge in the flood-hit Wangmocounty, Guizhou province June 6, 2011. In the southwest province ofGuizhou, the easing of drought swung to flooding that killed 9 peopleand left 13 missing in Wangmo County. Torrential rains there overwhelmedthe local river and flooded the county seat and other towns, forcing6,000 people to leave, Xinhua news agency reported. (Reuters/ChinaDaily)
A flooded area is seen in Sanjiangkou village, Zhejiang provincem on June 18, 2011. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
Residents take pictures on the banks of a flooding river after heavyrainfalls in Dexing, Jiangxi province, on June 6, 2011. (Reuters/ChinaDaily)
Ducklings rest on pieces of floating debris from a house damaged by thefloods in Sanjiangkou village, Zhejiang province, on June 18, 2011.(Reuters/Carlos Barria)
A man paddles through a flooded area in Banshan Cun, Zhejiang province,on June 17, 2011. Pelting rain in parts of central and southern Chinahas forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes andprompted the government to demand safety checks on vulnerable dams, newsreports said on Thursday. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
A Chinese man stands at the foot of a mountain damaged by a landslidewhich hit Linxiang, central China`s Hunan province, on June 12, 2011.(STR)
Damaged terraces and homes after flood water swept through Linxiang,central China`s Hunan province, on June 11, 2011. (STR)
A woman shovels mud at her house after a landslide triggered by heavyrainfalls in Linxiang, Hunan province, on June 11, 2011. (Reuters/DarleyWong)
Residents smoke as they sit amid the debris after a landslide triggeredby heavy rainfalls in Linxiang, Hunan province June 11, 2011.(Reuters/Darley Wong)
A Chinese woman grieves during a mass funeral for victims of the floodsin Linxiang, central China`s Hunan province, on June 11, 2011.(STR)
A man paddles a boat through a flooded area in Banshan Cun, Zhejiang province, on June 17, 2011. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
People make their way through flood water in Lanxi, east China`s Zhejiang province, on June 20, 2011. (STR)
A resident carries a man on his back through a flooded area in Moshanvillage, Zhejiang province, on June 19, 2011. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
A bus drives through a flooded street after heavy rainfall on June 18,2011 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China. (ChinaFotoPress)
Residents climb ladders to get to higher ground from a flooded tunnelin Wuhan, Hubei province, on June 18, 2011. (Reuters/Darley Wong)
Chinese students make their way across a flooded school compoundwalking along a row of chairs, in Wuhan, in central China`s Hubeiprovince on June 18, 2011. (STR)
Chinese workers try to clear their store of floodwater along a streetin Wuhan, in central China`s Hubei province, on June 18, 2011.(STR)
A woman holds her son at an evacuation center for people affected byfloods in the area around Sanjiangkou village, Zhejiang province, onJune 18, 2011. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
Farmers pick watermelons inside a plastic tent at a flooded field inKaihua county, Zhejiang province, on June 15, 2011. (Reuters/Lang Lang)
Vehicles piled up after they were swept away by flooding in WangmoCounty, southwest China`s Guizhou Province, on Monday, June 6, 2011. (APPhoto/Xinhua, Huang Shilin)
People make their way through floodwater in Lanxi, east China`s Zhejiang province, on June 20, 2011. (STR)
People make their way down a flooded street after a rainstorm hit thetown on June 15, 2011 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province of China.(ChinaFotoPress)
Residents walk along a flooded street in Kaihua county, Zhejiang province, on June 15, 2011. (Reuters/Lang Lang)
Chinese farmers rescue their pigs in flood waters after heavy rains hitLanxi, east China`s Zhejiang province, on June 20, 2011.
Vehicles are trapped in a flooded street after heavy rainfall on June18, 2011 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China.
Fishermen prepare food on their boat on the River Brahmaputra inGauhati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, on Wednesday, June15, 2011. According to media reports, China is considering a new plan todivert the Brahmaputra waters from its upper reaches to fight droughtconditions in its northwestern territories. Worried that any diversionof the river by China could impact his state, Assam Chief Minister TarunGogoi will meet Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday to ask him totake up the issue with the neighboring country, according to a newsreport. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)
