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May 31st, 2008
Posted: 10:18 PM ET
BEICHUAN COUNTY, China (CNN) — Chinese soldiers and engineers set up a drainage system at an earthquake-created lake that threatened to burst its banks in this central Chinese county, state-run media reported Saturday. Tangjiashan Lake did not exist before the 7.9-magnitude earthquake which struck mountainous Sichuan province May 12. The quake caused a landslide that dammed Jianjiang River and created the lake. By Saturday night, the team removed 135,500 cubic meters (176,150 cubic yard) of mud and rocks from the lake, leaving a 475-meter-long (519 yards) channel to divert overflow, Xinhua news agency reported. The lake’s water levels were rising about 1.6 meters (1.75 yards) a day. Authorities were concerned the lake could burst its banks, or that another aftershock or earthquake could rupture the earthen dam and cause a sudden flood of water on the communities downstream. |
 
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