Onset of flood season adds to quake zone risks
By He Dan in Beijing and An Baijie in Lushan, Sichuan | China Daily | Updated: 2013-04-26 08:15
Monitoring and prevention efforts will be stepped up as secondary geological events overlapping with the flood season present a tremendous challenge for disaster relief operations in Sichuan province's quake-hit areas, said a senior official of the provincial government on Thursday.
Probe teams have discovered more than 1,900 high-risk spots in Lushan and Baoxing counties, Zhong Mian, executive deputy governor of Sichuan province, said at a news conference in Beijing.
The two counties in Ya'an were the areas most affected by the magnitude-7 earthquake on April 20.
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