Evacuations underway after reservoir embankment collapses in south China
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More than 2,500 people are being evacuated from three villages after a reservoir embankment subsided Tuesday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said local government officials Tuesday.
A pit, two meters in diameter and a meter deep, was found at 9:20 a.m. in the embankment of Lingkou Reservoir, which holds 580,000 cubic meters of water, in Xingbin District of Laibin City, said Lu Yi, a spokesman of the district's Committee of the Communist Party of China.
The reservoir, built in 1958, was leaking a tenth of a cubic meter of water every second, threatening the three villages downstream, Lu said.
It was still unknown what triggered the subsidence, Lu said.
A similar incident happened in the same district when hillside ground sank leaving four giant pits on June 3. A total of 615 villagers were evacuated.
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