Bicyclers ride in rain in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei province Thursday February 12, 2009. Most of the northern Chinese provinces welcomed a rainy day Thursday, as the country's worst drought in decades continued to batter the region. [Xinhua]
(Xinhua News Agency February 13, 2009)
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![Bicyclers ride in rain in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei province Thursday February 12, 2009. Most of the northern Chinese provinces welcomed a rainy day Thursday, as the country's worst drought in decades continued to batter the region. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090213/000cf1a48b7f0aff189249.jpg "Bicyclers ride in rain in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei province Thursday February 12, 2009. Most of the northern Chinese provinces welcomed a rainy day Thursday, as the country's worst drought in decades continued to batter the region. [Xinhua]")
