Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake
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Armed police work on the mountain road
toward Tangjiashan quake lake, in Beichuan County, southwest China's
Sichuan Province, May 29, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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Soldiers work non-stop to drain "quake
lake" as thousands prepare to evacuate
TANGJIASHAN, Sichuan, May 29 (Xinhua) -- More than
600 rescuers worked through heavy rain on Thursday to dig a diversion channel on
one of the most dangerous lakes in China's quake-hit Sichuan Province.
Soldiers and water resources professionals worked
non-stop around the Tangjiashan "quake lake" despite heavy downpours that
started about 10 p.m. on Wednesday. Full story
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An aerial photo taken on May 28, 2008 shows
the Tangjiashan earthquake-induced lake near Beichuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
(Xinhua/Li Gang)
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Amid race to drain Chinese quake lake,
emergency plans proceed
MIANYANG/TANGJIASHAN, Sichuan, May 28 (Xinhua) --
Emergency workers are scrambling to get residents downstream of a rising
quake-created lake ready to go if the water body bursts.
Tangjiashan lake, formed by
landslides that blocked a river known as the Jianjiang after the May 12 quake,
is at risk of breaching its bank. Full story
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