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Troops to explode debris to avert flood [1]

Chinese soldiers prepared on Monday to explode earthquake debris blocking a river where quickly rising waters threatened to flood disaster victims. Two weeks after the magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit central Sichuan province, lakes formed by obstructed rivers clogged by landslides were adding new complications to recovery efforts already strained to find shelter for millions of homeless.

Publication Date: 
27/05/2008
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Natural Disasters [3], Floods [4], Earthquakes [5], Landslides [6], China [7]
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/earthquakes
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landslides
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china