Latest on the Tangjiashan ‘quake lake’

For those wanting to hear the latest news about the efforts to drain the Tangjiashan ‘quake lake’ which formed after the Sichaun earthquake, Dave Petley has written a number of posts discussing how the situation has developed over the last few days. It seems that water began to flow through a drainage channel dug by the Chinese Army on Saturday, but it’s too early to say whether this action is successfully going to stablilise or lower the lake levels.