
Boats are moored to the shore of a tributary of the Honghu Lake in Honghu City, central China's Hubei Province on 27 May 2011. China is suffering one of the worst drought in 50 years in provinces along the Yangtze River. Honghu Lake in central china has dwindled by a third in water surface and dropped down to less than 40 centimeters in its deepest place. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG

Men look at boats stranded in a dried-up area of the Honghu Lake in Honghu City, central China's Hubei Province on 27 May 2011. China is suffering one of the worst drought in 50 years in provinces along the Yangtze River. Honghu Lake in central china has dwindled by a third in water surface and dropped down to less than 40 centimeters in its deepest place. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG

Water level indicators are fully exposed at a dried-up area of the Honghu Lake in Honghu City, central China's Hubei Province on 27 May 2011. China is suffering one of the worst drought in 50 years in provinces along the Yangtze River. Honghu Lake in central china has dwindled by a third in water surface and dropped down to less than 40 centimeters in its deepest place. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG

A child plays along a dried-up bottom of the Honghu Lake in Honghu City, central China's Hubei Province on 27 May 2011. China is suffering one of the worst drought in 50 years in provinces along the Yangtze River. Honghu Lake in central china has dwindled by a third in water surface and dropped down to less than 40 centimeters in its deepest place. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG

A view of the dried-up bottom of the Honghu Lake in Honghu City, central China's Hubei Province on 27 May 2011. China is suffering one of the worst drought in 50 years in provinces along the Yangtze River. Honghu Lake in central china has dwindled by a third in water surface and dropped down to less than 40 centimeters in its deepest place. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG

Children play on a boat stranded on a partially dried-up area of the Honghu Lake in Honghu City, central China's Hubei Province on 27 May 2011. China is suffering one of the worst drought in 50 years in provinces along the Yangtze River. Honghu Lake in central china has dwindled by a third in water surface and dropped down to less than 40 centimeters in its deepest place. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG