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VIDEO: China diverts water from quake lakes
27 May 2008 12:22:00 GMT
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May 27 - Authorities in China work to ease water pressure from lakes formed after the devastating earthquake two weeks ago.

More than thirty lakes were created when landslides blocked rivers after the earthquake that rocked China's Sichuan province on May 12. Authorities are preparing to evacuate thousands of people as they work to ease pressure on the swelling water pools.

Michelle Carlile-Alkhouri reports.




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