Quake lake ‘at critical moment’
5/6/08
Efforts to ease the dangers of the “quake lake” that threatens to burst its banks are at a critical juncture, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says. “Now it’s a critical moment for the Tangjiashan quake lake, and the most important thing is to ensure there is no casualty of the people,” the official Xinhua news agency quoted Wen as saying. He arrived in the quake zone on this morning and immediately boarded a helicopter to the lake at Tangjiashan, Xinhua reported. The lake was created in the May 12 earthquake when a landslide blocked the Jianjiang river, and the water masses have been building up steadily since then.
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Tags: China, Environment