Relief workers being evacuated from Tangjiashan lake
2008-05-31 09:36:36 GMT 2008-05-31 17:36:36 (Beijing Time) SINA.com
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MIANYANG, Sichuan, May 31 -- Starting from 8:00 am Saturday morning, May 31 earthquake relief workers handling the Tangjiashan quake-formed lake in Sichuan Province took on helicopters in batches to be evacuated from the dam site.
Till now, 18 helicopters have evacuated over 200 relief workers and all the 600 relief workers will be evacuated from the dam site by tommorrow morning with only 20 to be left for water-level monitoring, according to China News Online.
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