Helicopters drop stones to block lake burst in central China

Source: Xinhua| 2020-07-17 17:27:42|Editor: huaxia

To fix an embankment breach at a lake in central China, three helicopter were dispatched on Thursday to airlift and drop batches of stones to block outflow. Due to continuous downpours, the Kuisai Lake along the main stream of the Fuhe River saw its embankment breached in Yangxin County, central China's Hubei Province. It resulted in more than 6,000 mu (400 hectares) of farmland inundated downstream. After the three helicopter dropped stones, rescue team sealed the breach with clay.

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