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  • June 2008

    • Draining Quake Lake Floods China Town

      Reuters  |  Jun 10, 08 6:44 AM CDT

      Draining Quake Lake Floods China Town

      (Newser) - A town devastated by the Sichuan earthquake was flooded today as soldiers worked to drain a dangerous quake lake, reports Reuters. Water whooshed into Beichuan after explosives and missiles were used to blast holes in the dam created by the earthquake. Some 250,000 people downstream had already been evacuated. More »

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      earthquake  • flood  • China earthquake  • Sichuan province  • disaster zones  • dam  • Tangjiashan

  • May 2008

    • China Evacuates 80,000 on Flood Fears

      Associated Press  |  May 27, 08 7:09 AM CDT

      China Evacuates 80,000 on Flood Fears

      (Newser) - Chinese officials hurried to evacuate 80,000 people today near quake-hit Beichuan as waters rose in a dammed river, the AP reports. Soldiers are working to blast and dig a channel to drain some of the 34 billion gallons of water now held by the fragile dam, created by a quake-driven landslide. The new evacuations bring the total number of people cleared from the valley to 160,000. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • flood  • evacuation  • landslide  • dam

    • 70,000 Homes Collapse in New China Aftershock

      Reuters  |  May 25, 08 8:12 AM CDT

      70,000 Homes Collapse in New China Aftershock

      (Newser) - Quake-devastated China suffered yet another major setback today when it was rocked by the strongest aftershock since the May 12 earthquake, Bloomberg reports. At least one person was killed and 400 injured when a 5.8 magnitude quake toppled some 70,000 homes in Sichuan province, according to Reuters. The quake hit as troops laden with explosives were trekking to blow a hole in a dam to relieve flooding pressure triggered by a mudslide into a giant lake. More »

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      China  • China earthquake  • Sichuan province  • aftershock  • quake  • dam  • Tangjiashan

  • August 2007

    • Food Dropped to Indian Villagers

      Associated Press  |  Aug 4, 07 6:24 PM CDT

      Food Dropped to Indian Villagers

      (Newser) - Helicopters dropped food today to some two million Indian villagers left stranded by heavy monsoon rains, the AP reports. Floods in South Asia have driven 19 million from their homes and left hundreds dead. Villagers have been killed by collapsing houses, violent waters and even panicked rhinos as neck-deep water forced them out of game preserves. More »

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      India  • food  • flood  • Nepal  • Bangladesh  • South Asia  • monsoon  • dam

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