MIANYANG, Sichuan, June 11 (Xinhua) -- China cancelled an alert on the main Tangjiashan "quake lake" Wednesday after experts said there was no more danger of flood.
The combo photos taken respectively on June 8 (top L), 11 a.m. (bottom L), 2 p.m (top R). and 3 p.m. on June 10 show different water levels near a railway bridge in Mianyang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
The outflow from the lake dropped to 56 cubic meters per second at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, far below the threshold for alert of 1,000 cubic meters per second, according to the Tangjiashan Lake emergency rescue headquarters.
The alert was called off at 4 p.m. as experts with the headquarters said the outflow was unlikely to cause flooding for downstream areas.
The lake's water level kept dropping Wednesday as drainage efforts continued. The level stood at 714.13 meters at 2 p.m., down from Tuesday's highest mark of 743.1 meters.
Liu Qibao, Communist Party chief of the southwestern Sichuan Province, declared on Tuesday the drainage of the swollen lake has scored "a decisive victory."
More than half of the 250 million cubic meter volume had been discharged and the number of people under threat had dropped from 1.3 million to less than 50,000, he said.
MIANYANG, Sichuan, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The water level of the Tangjiashan quake lake in southwest China's Sichuan Province was still dropping on Wednesday, while experts warned that dangers remain.
As of 2 p.m., the level had fallen to 714.13 meters from the highest mark of 743.1 meters with the lake volume at about 86.1 million cubic meters. The lake was draining at a rate of 56 cubic meters a second, according to the quake lake relief headquarters in Mianyang. Full story
MIANYANG, Sichuan, June 10 (Xinhua) -- A senior official said here on Tuesday that a "decisive victory" have been achieved in the drainage of China's main quake lake Tangjiashan.
Liu Qibao, Communist Party chief of the southwestern Sichuan Province, made the remarks after about half of the quake's water have been discharged and the number of people under threat has dropped from 1.3 million to less than 50,000. Full story
MIANYANG, June 10 (Xinhua) -- China's main quake-formed lake at Tangjiashan in the southwestern Sichuan Province shrank drastically on Tuesday as muddy water flows into the low-lying areas.
About half of the lake's 250 million cubic meters of water has been discharged since the drainage started on Saturday morning, the Tangjiashan lake emergency rescue headquarters said. Full story
MIANYANG, Sichuan Province, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The water level of the Tangjiashan "quake lake" in southwest China was continuing to rise dangerously on Sunday despite the operation of a manmade drainage channel since Saturday morning.
The drainage plus natural leakage of the lake was about 31 cubic meters per second, while the inflow was 3.7 times more than that at 3:15 p.m., but its impact on the lake dam is not obvious, according to an official with the Tangjiashan quake lake relief headquarters. Full story
