China's farm ministry works to save damaged wheat crop.

China's agriculture ministry is urging local authorities to speed up the harvesting and drying of damaged wheat after heavy rain flooded fields of ripe wheat in the country's most important growing region. The ministry advised authorities to send emergency teams to drain water from fields, speed up access by harvesters, and mobilize drying machinery to save as much of the crop as possible. Some wheat in southern Henan has sprouted after the rain, making it unfit for consumption, and the rain is also leading to blight in some areas.