Quake Lake Rises Despite China’s Efforts Posted on June 9th
QINGLIAN, China (June 9) - An additional 120 troops were sent Monday
to help soldiers with explosives and anti-tank weapons blast rocks
and mud slowing the drainage of a still-rising lake that threatened
to flood more than 1 million people downstream.
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to help soldiers with explosives and anti-tank weapons blast rocks
and mud slowing the drainage of a still-rising lake that threatened
to flood more than 1 million people downstream.
By Monday morning, the water level in the earthquake-formed
Tangjiashan lake had reached more than 6 feet above a spillway
carved into the dam last week to divert water and release pressure
on the dam wall, the official Xinhua News Agency said.