Decision time near to drain China’s quake-formed lake as water rises

2008-06-04 19:59:42

• The plan to drain Tangjiashan “quake lake” is due to be implemented by Thursday or thereafter.

• The trapped water volume has risen to 211.6 million cubic meters as of 2 p.m. Wednesday.

• The timing of actually draining the lake will be decided by water inflows from its upper reaches. Read more

Updates on China Earthquake

• death toll 69,122
• injured 373,606
• missing 17,991

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Updates on Tangjiashan Barrier Lake

Small scale blasts to drain the rising water in Tangjiashan lake was carried out today to prevent the burst. Read more

American Teenager 12 Years Old Writes to Chinese Leader

Since from May 12, 2008 to now, I am from the TV of U.S.A., China, on Internet, have known in the mouth raising parents from my U.S.A. 8 magnitude of enormous earthquake have taken place in Wenchuan area of Sichuan Province of China.  read more

Water behind ‘quake lake’ nearing top of dam

Authorities in southwestern China watched nervously Wednesday as rising water behind an earthquake-created dam neared a spillway designed to relieve pressure on it.  Read more

Donation call for tents

Due to the urgent need for tents in the quake-hit area in Sichuan, a group of Chinese volunteers in USA purchased 25 big 30′ (9 m) Emergency Disaster Relief tents out of their own pockets ($20,000), and shipped the tents to the Sichuan last weekend.  Now they are accepting donations:

http://www.unknownspace.org/article_t/Donation/27186836.html

China returns to normal – Arrests grieving parents

Angry parents whose children were killed in an earthquake-stricken school shouted “Oh, my child!” and “Tell us something!” when police forcefully removed them from a protest outside a courthouse. read more

China’s Grief, Unearthed: Deaths Cannot Go Unmourned

The Sichuan earthquake is a reminder for the Chinese that deaths cannot go unmourned. Now they have to extend that understanding to the victims of Tiananmen. read more