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 area...

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 the...

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 and...

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 the...

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 at 12:41...

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 temblor.There...

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 water...

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 been...

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 of...