Quake Lakes
latest news & developmentsChina to check all schools for quake resistance
China has ordered nationwide safety checks for schools a month after the Sichuan earthquake saw many collapse in heaps of rubble.
Ravaged China town flooded as quake lake drains
Muddy lake water from a dangerously unstable ”quake lake” rushed into the devastated Chinese town of Beichuan on Tuesday, covering about a third of the settlement where the water…
Aftershocks hit brimming China quake lake
Chinese troops are carving a third drainage channel into the unstable dam holding back a big ”quake lake”, as water levels rise and aftershocks send more debris tumbling into the…
China begins draining massive quake lake
Chinese troops began easing pressure on a dangerously swollen ”quake lake” on Saturday, with water gushing into a man-made sluice in an operation monitored by satellite.
China ready to ease pressure on quake lake
China readied on Friday to ease pressure on a swollen ”quake lake” threatening hundreds of thousands of people downstream in the southwestern province of Sichuan.