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China refugees move again a month after earthquake

AP — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:46:13 +0000

As China marked Thursday’s one-month anniversary of its deadly earthquake, some weary survivors were once again on the move, setting up tents and shelters on city sidewalks away from a threatened flood.Soldiers in Mianyang, the largest urban...

Evacuees return as China lake crisis ends

AP — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:16:02 +0000

Evacuees hauled mattresses and carts down from temporary camps in the hills Wednesday after Chinese authorities declared that an earthquake-formed lake drained the day before was no longer a flood threat.People in Mianyang, the largest urban...

Evacuees back as China lake crisis ends

AP — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:06:06 +0000

Evacuees hauled mattresses and carts down from temporary camps in the hills Wednesday after Chinese authorities declared the flood threat over from an earthquake-formed lake that was drained the day before.On the eve of the one-month anniversary of...

Water drains from earthquake-formed lake in China

AP — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:21:54 +0000

Water poured from a massive lake formed by China’s deadly earthquake in a carefully engineered diversion Saturday to ease the threat of flooding for a million people in the sprawling disaster zone.After two weeks of frantic work by engineers...

China rushes to drain earthquake-formed lake

AP — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:04:54 +0000

Soldiers were ordered to deepen a diversion channel to speed the draining of an unstable earthquake-formed lake that was threatening to burst, state television said Friday.Workers have already dug a 1,300-foot-long spillway to release pressure on...

Magnitude 5.3 aftershock hits quake-battered China

AP — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:12:00 +0000

A 5.3 magnitude aftershock struck China’s quake-battered Sichuan province Thursday amid concerns over rising water levels in a lake formed by landslides from the massive May 12 temblor.The U.S. Geological Survey reported the aftershock struck...

Magnitude 5.3 aftershock hits China

AP — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:03:05 +0000

The U.S. Geological Survey says a 5.3 magnitude aftershock has shaken China’s quake-battered Sichuan province.The aftershock on Thursday came amid concerns over rising water levels in a lake formed by landslides from the massive May 12...

Chinese authorities prepare to drain swelling lake

AP — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:34:07 +0000

Chinese authorities prepared on Saturday to drain a swelling lake formed by a devastating earthquake, completing work on a drainage channel to divert water that threatens hundreds of thousands downstream.Officials are expected to discharge flood...

China says 200,000 evacuated because of flood risk

AP — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:01:54 +0000

Chinese authorities had evacuated nearly 200,000 people by early Saturday and warned more than 1 million others to be ready to leave quickly as a lake formed by a devastating earthquake threatened to breach its dam.Hundreds of Chinese troops have...

China evacuates villagers after new flood threat

AP — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:27:11 +0000

About 80,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from downstream of an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and troops rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley.The threat of flooding from dozens...