Water drains from earthquake-formed lake in China (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sat, 06/07/2008 - 3:46am

Earthquake survivors carry their belongings to move to higher grounds as the drainage has begun at the swollen Tangjiashan quake lake at Mianyang in southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday June 7, 2008.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP - Water began flowing into a spillway Saturday from a swollen lake formed by a landslide in China's devastating earthquake, easing the immediate threat of a flood that had led to the evacuation of more than 250,000 people.




 

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