For those wanting to hear the latest news about the efforts to drain the Tangjiashan 'quake lake' which formed after the Sichaun earthquake, Dave Petley has written a number of posts discussing how the situation has developed over the last few days. It seems that water began to flow through a drainage channel dug by the Chinese Army on Saturday, but it's too early to say whether this action is successfully going to stablilise or lower the lake levels.
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Category: earthquakes • geohazards
Posted on: June 9, 2008 6:26 AM, by Chris Rowan
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Dam is toast.
Posted by: Lab Lemming | June 10, 2008 1:21 AM