Houston Community News >> Chinese Earthquake Victims Flee Over Flood Fears
5/17/2008 (AP) Thousands of Chinese
earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of
floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in this week's
powerful temblor.
Soldiers carried older people out of Beichuan town — one of the areas hit hardest by the magnitude 7.9 quake Monday — while survivors cradled babies on a road jammed with vehicles and people.
A policeman told The Associated Press that rescue officials were worried that water from a choked river would inundate the town.
Soldiers carried older people out of Beichuan town — one of the areas hit hardest by the magnitude 7.9 quake Monday — while survivors cradled babies on a road jammed with vehicles and people.
A policeman told The Associated Press that rescue officials were worried that water from a choked river would inundate the town.