Quake lake swamps town of death
11/6/08
Muddy water from a dangerously unstable “quake lake” rushed into the devastated Chinese town of Beichuan yesterday, covering about a third of the ruins, after soldiers used explosives to widen a sluice. Brown water, clumps of trees and occasional vehicles were moving quickly into low-lying areas of the town, washing away remains of corpses, family mementos and valuables left under the rubble. Wang Guiru, 43, whose wife died in the quake alongside his father and mother-in-law, said he had hoped eventually to look for their remains. “Now I guess we can never go back,” he said stoically. “This is fate. We have to learn to face up to realities.”
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Tags: China, Environment