text: Spring rain in the last few days has helped ease a serious drought in most of north China the New China News Agency said. It said rain fell in Peking Shandong Hebei Henan Shanxi Shaanxi Qinghai Sichuan and parts of Inner Mongolia. It said the drought in Shanxi north Hebei north Shaanxi and Peking has basically ended. But snowfalls of 10 mm have affected spring sowing in Liaoning struck by abnormally cold and warm weather since January including rainfall 10 times more than normal in some places it said but gave no more details. REUTER
target: RAINFALL EASES DROUGHT IN NORTH CHINA