The dried up riverside is visible below the Poyanghu bridge in Hukou county, East China's Jiangxi province, Dec 10, 2010. A reduction in rainfall since late October lowered the water levels of rivers and dried up a handful of reservoirs, seriously affecting water supplies, leaving 230, 000 people facing a growing water shortage. The province has vowed to spare no effort in disaster relief work. (Xinhua Photo)
A fist can be squeezed into cracks of dried up land in Hukou county, East China's Jiangxi province, Dec 10, 2010. (Xinhua Photo)
People walk on the dam in Gangjiang river in Nanchang, East China's Jiangxi province, Dec 11, 2010. The water level of the province's largest river reduced to a historical low of 12.89m. (Xinhua Photo)
Soil cracks appear due to persistent drought since late October in Hukou county, East China's Jiangxi province, Dec 10, 2010. (Xinhua Photo)
A dead fish lies on the dried up land in Nanchang, East China's Jiangxi province, Dec 11, 2010. (Xinhua Photo)