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Flood Fears Trigger Mass Evacuation

Posted May. 19, 2008 07:55,   

Flood Fears Trigger Mass Evacuation

The rising danger of dam and bank collapses in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan, China, has raised flood fears. Thousands in Beichuan County evacuated toward higher ground Saturday in the wake of warnings over the possible collapse of a quake-damaged dam near the county.