中国说，一个堰塞湖的泄洪战斗已经取得了决定性胜利，上个月大地震后形成的这个堰塞湖对下游居民构成洪灾威胁。官方新华社说，在所称的堰塞湖中的水开始迅速排出后，四川省的最高官员刘其保今天(星期二)做出上述宣布。
新华社还说，唐家山堰塞湖的水位降低了一半。下游大约25万人已经从家中撤离，如果堰塞湖决堤，一百多万人将受到威胁。
泄洪工作从上星期六开始，在水位不断上涨的情况下，中国军队不得不动用反坦克武器轰击岩石，以加速泄洪。地震造成的山体滑坡阻塞了通口河的河道，形成这个堰塞湖。
hina says it has won a decisive victory in its battle to drain a brimming lake formed by last month’s massive earthquake, which threatens to flood downstream communities. The official Xinhua news agency says quake-struck Sichuan province’s top official, Liu Qibao, made the announcement today (Tuesday) after waters began flowing rapidly from the so-called “quake lake.”
Xinhua says the water level in Tangjiashan lake is half drained. About 250-thousand people were evacuated from homes downstream and more than a million are under threat if the lake bursts.
Drainage efforts began Saturday, and Chinese troops were forced to use anti-tank weapons to blast away rocks to speed up the drainage when water continued to rise. The lake formed when a quake-caused landslide formed a dam in the Tongkou river.