In this photo taken Thursday, March 25, 2010, a Chinese farmer scoops up muddy water from a narrow stream on a dry river bed in Luliang county in southwest China’s Yunnan province. Emergency wells were being drilled and cloud-seeding operations carried out in southern China, where the worst drought in decades has left millions of people without water and caused more than 1,000 schools to close, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT ** XHG808