Flood fears force huge evacuation
China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-28 07:39
|
An aerial view of Tangjiashan lake (in red box) near Beichuan county yesterday. Troops were digging a diversion channel to prevent the lake from bursting its banks and threatening more misery to millions of people downstream. AFP |
More than 150,000 people who face the threat of flooding should a quake lake near Beichuan bursts its banks were evacuated last night even as engineers were digging a diversion channel to prevent flooding.
Photo
