Part of the bed of a small reservoir near Jinan, Shandong Province, is seen dried-up November 16, 2006. Water in the reservoir is only one twentieth of the normal storage, as the most severe drought in the past thirty years prevails in the eastern province, leaving two million people temporarily short of drinking water. 

A farmer packs up scorched corn stalks on the field near Jinan, Shandong Province, November 16, 2006. The most severe drought in the past thirty years prevails in the eastern province, leaving two million people temporarily short of drinking water.