Severe drought lingers in SW China Zhang Song, a local official, shows the peppers affected by drought at Podong Village of Tailie Township in Sansui County, southwest China's Guizhou province, Aug. 8, 2013. Red alert on drought and yellow alert on high temperature were released by Guizhou's provincial observatory on Wednesday, and the drought is expected to continue in the next three days. Eighty counties in the province has been affected by drought by now.