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Aerial view of drainage of Tangjiashan quake lake
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Picture taken on June 10, 2008 from a military helicopter shows floodwater flowing beneath the Dongfanghong bridge of Mianyang city in southewest China's Sichuan Province. Drainage of the quake lake through a manmade spillway speeded up to 1,760 cubic meters per second at 9:30 am on Tuesday, whereas water flow in the lower reaches of the lake, in Beichuan County, reached 2,240 cubic meters per second.

Emergency workers evacuated from the Tangjiashan quake lake arrive at a safe place in southewest China's Sichuan Province on June 10, 2008. Drainage of the quake lake through a manmade spillway speeded up to 1,760 cubic meters per second at 9:30 am on Tuesday, whereas water flow in the lower reaches of the lake, in Beichuan County, reached 2,240 cubic meters per second.

(Xinhua News Agency June 10, 2008)

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