Posted AT 9:54 PM EDT on 31/05/08
China evacuates 200,000; one million on alert
MIANYANG, China — Chinese authorities prepared to begin draining a swelling earthquake-formed lake Sunday after evacuating nearly 200,000 people and warning more than a million others to be ready to leave quickly.
The lake, called Tangjiashan, formed above Beichuan town in the Mianyang region of Sichuan province when a hillside plunged into a river valley during the May 12 quake.
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