20080610 Quake lake expected to shrink as drainage speeds up

clipped from www.chinadaily.com.cn Picture taken at 9 am on June 10, 2008 from a military helicopter shows the drainage of the Tangjiashan quake lake 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. [Xinhua] More than 250,000 people in low-lying areas in Mianyang City have been relocated under a plan based on the assumption that one-third of the lake volume breached the dam. Picture taken on June 10, 2008 from a military helicopter shows flood water flowing past Beichuan County in southewest China's Sichuan Province. Drainage of the Tangjiashan 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]