Shanghai defenses against broken dyke ( 2003-07-03 06:40) (China Daily)
A dyke is broken by the Huangpu River in
Shanghai on July 2, 2003. The accident was caused by earth subsidence
blamed on work on nearby cross-river rail tunnels. The dyke began slowly
sinking on Tuesday night and the wall cracked in the small hours of
Wednesday because of the combined effects of subsidence and the rising
night tide.[newsphoto.com.cn]
Several house lean due to the earth
subsidence..[newsphoto.com.cn]
Rescue
mission..[newsphoto.com.cn]
More than 400 police pile up sand bags near
the broken dyke.[newsphoto.com.cn]
A sand bag dyke has been built as a temporary
measure..[newsphoto.com.cn]
