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3,000 evacuated after China landslide blocks river
Beijing (AFP) Oct 8, 2007 More than 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in southwestern China after a huge landslide dammed a river, creating a menacing lake that threatened to burst, state media reported Monday. The landslide occurred Friday when an estimated 500,000 cubic metres (18 million cubic feet) of mud and rock tumbled into a river near Guangyuan city in Sichuan province, Xinhua news agency said. No one was hurt in the landslide, but it created a dam 150 metres (492 feet) long, blocking the river and creating a lake that began to expand as water flowed in, it said. The lake has submerged about 187 hectares (462 acres) of nearby crop land. Local authorities began evacuating residents near the site out of fear the landslide dam could collapse at any moment, and have begun work to drain the lake, Xinhua said. It quoted officials as saying they hope to have the lake drained with two days. The report did not mention the name of the river or what might have triggered the landslide. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Bringing Order To A World Of Disasters A world of storm and tempest When the Earth Quakes
ORNL Resilience Plan To Help Tennessee, Mississippi And South Carolina Communities Beat Disaster
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Oct 05, 2007A new Oak Ridge National Laboratory initiative could help avert disasters in Tennessee, Mississippi and South Carolina and also lead to more information about climate change. The new Community and Regional Resilience Initiative (CARRI) will be implemented in Gulfport, Miss., Memphis, and Charleston, S.C., to increase "resilience" - the ability to prepare for, respond to and quickly recover from natural and man-made disasters - of the three communities. |
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