Thousands Prepare for Yellow River Thaw Flood Threat
Source: Xinhua |
March 9, 2010, Tuesday
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THOUSANDS of civilians and soldiers have been mobilized to patrol the banks of the flood-prone Yellow River in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, as ice threatened to jam the river's flow.
Ge Feng, deputy commander of the regional flood control and drought relief headquarters, said ice had been thawing along a 110-kilometer stretch of the river from Araxan Prefecture to Erdos City.
A water diversion measure was deployed on Saturday from the upper stream to the Wuliangsu Lake and a drainage area in the Hetao Plain. The diversion, expected to continue until March 26, will remove about 200 million cubic meters of water from the main river course, which has risen close to 1.75 billion cubic meters in the Inner Mongolia section, said Ge.
The Yellow River, China's second longest, freezes and thaws at different times, posing ice flood threats at sections mainly in Inner Mongolia and east China's Shandong Province.
In March 2008, icy water flooded 11 villages and a township in Hangjin Banner, causing the evacuation of around 13,000 people. About 20,000 houses were destroyed and thousands of livestock died.
Ge Feng, deputy commander of the regional flood control and drought relief headquarters, said ice had been thawing along a 110-kilometer stretch of the river from Araxan Prefecture to Erdos City.
A water diversion measure was deployed on Saturday from the upper stream to the Wuliangsu Lake and a drainage area in the Hetao Plain. The diversion, expected to continue until March 26, will remove about 200 million cubic meters of water from the main river course, which has risen close to 1.75 billion cubic meters in the Inner Mongolia section, said Ge.
The Yellow River, China's second longest, freezes and thaws at different times, posing ice flood threats at sections mainly in Inner Mongolia and east China's Shandong Province.
In March 2008, icy water flooded 11 villages and a township in Hangjin Banner, causing the evacuation of around 13,000 people. About 20,000 houses were destroyed and thousands of livestock died.
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