A general view shows excavators digging division channels near the Tangjiashan lake in earthquake-hit Beichuan County, Sichuan Province June 1, 2008. Engineers have completed work to drain a lake formed by last month's earthquake that had threatened to inundate towns downstream and add to the toll of China's deadliest natural disaster in more than 30 years.

A general view shows excavators digging division channels near the Tangjiashan lake in earthquake-hit Beichuan County, Sichuan Province June 1, 2008. Engineers have completed work to drain a lake formed by last month's earthquake that had threatened to inundate towns downstream and add to the toll of China's deadliest natural disaster in more than 30 years.

People pass a bridge over the Fujiang River which connects to the Tangjiashan quake-lake in Youxian district of Mianyang, Sichuan Province June 1, 2008. China has evacuated over 197,000 people from an area that risks flooding by landslide-blocked rivers near the epicentre of this month's earthquake in Sichuan province, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.

A resident walks along the bank of the Fujiang River which connects to the Tangjiashan quake-lake in Youxian district of Mianyang, Sichuan Province June 1, 2008. China has evacuated over 197,000 people from an area that risks flooding by landslide-blocked rivers near the epicentre of this month's earthquake in Sichuan province, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.

(China Daily June 2, 2008)