MCLC: flooding in Shanxi

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: You Ziying <youziying at gmail.com>
Subject: flooding in Shanxi
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Here are som official reports on the flooding in the place where I
conducted my fieldwork last summer. The transportation in this area is
cut, residents are now going back home with the help from the local
government. It is a hard time for them now, hope that everything is going
well.

Ziying

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Source: CCTV English (2/17/13):
http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20130217/101747.shtml

Collapsed dam causes flooding in Shanxi

The top of an irrigation water duct at the Quting Reservoir in Hongtong
County in Shanxi Province has caved in, leading to the partial collapse of
its dam walls and flooding.

Local officials said no casualties have been reported so far. Residents
downstream were evacuated shortly after Friday¹s partial collapse. The
Ministry of Water Resources has sent a work team to the scene to deal with
the flooding. Workers are using sand bags and other materials to seal the
breach.

Only one million cubic meters of water out of the 18 million the dam was
holding, was left by Saturday afternoon. The flooding has disrupted
transportation in the area, with many trains being delayed or cancelled at
Linfen station. The irrigation water duct was built in 1959. Local
officials said its old age was one cause of the collapse.

 
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Source: China.org (2/17/13):
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-02/16/content_27966645.htm

Evacuation after Shanxi reservoir collapse
By Xinhua

An area near a water reservoir in north China's Shanxi province has been
evacuated after part of its dam wall collapsed, causing flooding, said a
local official on Saturday.

The top of an irrigation water duct of Quting Reservoir in Hongtong county
caved in around 7am on Friday, leading to the partial collapse of its dam
walls, said the official.

No casualties have been reported as residents downstream were evacuated.

The Ministry of Water Resources has sent a work team to the scene to deal
with the flooding. Workers are using sand bags and other materials to seal
the breach.

The irrigation water duct was established in 1959. Its old age was one
cause of the collapse, according to local officials.