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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)
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MIANYANG,
Sichuan, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The crest of the flood from China's main
Tangjiashan "quake lake" passed safely by downstream Mianyang City, Xinhua
reporters witnessed on Tuesday afternoon.
There were between 300,000 and 400,000 people left in
the city when the crest passed, said Tan Li, the city's Communist Party chief
and also its Quake Control and Relief Headquarters head.
More than 250,000 people in low-lying areas had been
relocated under a plan based on the assumption that one-third of the lake volume
breached the dam.
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Picture taken at 9 a.m. of June 10, 2008
from a military helicopter shows the water gushed out 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)
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Picture taken on June 10, 2008 from a
military helicopter shows flood water flowing past Beichuan County in
southewest China's Sichuan Province. Drainage of the Tangjiashan 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)
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China's main quake lake expected to
shrink as drainage speeds up
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Picture taken on June 10, 2008 from a
military helicopter shows floodwater flowing beneath the Dongfanghong
bridge of Mianyang city 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)
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MIANYANG, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The water level in the
Tangjiashan quake-formed lake in southwest China's Sichuan Province will likely
drop below the danger line Tuesday, as muddy lake water flows into the low-lying
areas.
Drainage of the quake lake through a man-made
spillway speeded up to 6,420 cubic meters per second at 11:30 a.m., before it
slowed to a steady 3,888 cubic meters per second at 2:30 p.m..
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Alert remains as China's main quake
lake continues to swell
MIANYANG, Sichuan, June 9 (Xinhua) -- China remained on
alert Monday as the water level of the Tangjiashan quake-formed lake in the
southwestern Sichuan Province continued to rise after two days of drainage.
The water level in the lake reached 742.58 meters above
sea level as of 8 p.m. Monday, a rise of 1.3 meters in 24 hours, and 2.59 meters
higher than the manmade sluice that began operation on Saturday morning. Full story
Strong aftershock felt on dam of
China's main quake lake
MIANYANG, Sichuan, June 9 (Xinhua) -- A strong aftershock was felt on the dam of
the Tangjiashan "quake lake" at around 11:04 a.m. Monday, a Xinhua reporter at
the site said.
The tremor sent rocks rolling down the surrounding
mountains and splashing into the quake-formed Tangjiashan Lake in Mianyang City,
one of the hardest-hit areas in the May 12 earthquake. Full story
Chinese premier urges no relaxation in
epidemic prevention in quake areas
BEIJING, June 9
(Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday said the medical treatment and
epidemic prevention tasks in the quake regions were still tough and no
relaxation would be allowed.
Presiding over a quake relief meeting here, Wen urged
bolstering the treatment of the injured to minimize fatalities and
disability. Full story
