Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake

Engineering soldiers fire a missile to blast boulders in a man-made sluice channel in Tangjiashan, quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 8, 2008. A total of 4 missiles were fired on Sunday to clear boulders in the sluice channel, which speeded up the drainage of the dangerous Tangjiashan quake lake that began on Saturday morning.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

China's main quake lake expected to shrink as drainage speeds up

Picture taken at 9 a.m. on June 10, 2008 from a military helicopter shows the drainage of the Tangjiashan quake lake in southewest China's Sichuan Province. Drainage of the quake lake through a manmade spillway speeded up to 1,760 cubic meters per second at 9:30 am on Tuesday, whereas water flow in the lower reaches of the lake, in Beichuan County, reached 2,240 cubic meters per second. (Xinhua/Li Gang) Photo Gallery>>>

    MIANYANG, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The water level in Tangjiashan quake-formed lake in the southwest China's Sichuan Province is expected to fall on Tuesday, as outflow outpaces influx three days after drainage efforts began. Full story