Villages flooded due to embankment breach on Heilong River

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-8-24 9:30:36

An inundated road is seen at Bacha Township in Tongjiang, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 23, 2013. Several villages at Bacha Township was flooded due to an over 200-meter-wide breach of an embankment on the Heilong River. The Heilong River has swelled over the past week, with some sections seeing the worst floods in history. Some 1,340 locations on 29 stretches of embankments along the river have been reported problems. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)


 

An inundated road is seen at Bacha Township in Tongjiang, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 23, 2013. Several villages at Bacha Township was flooded due to an over 200-meter-wide breach of an embankment on the Heilong River. The Heilong River has swelled over the past week, with some sections seeing the worst floods in history. Some 1,340 locations on 29 stretches of embankments along the river have been reported problems. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)


 

A partially damaged building is seen near a breach of an embankment on the Heilong River at Bacha Township in Tongjiang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 23, 2013. Several villages at Bacha Township was flooded due to an over 200-meter-wide breach of an embankment on the Heilong River. The Heilong River has swelled over the past week, with some sections seeing the worst floods in history. Some 1,340 locations on 29 stretches of embankments along the river have been reported problems. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)


 

A partially damaged building is seen near a breach of an embankment on the Heilong River at Bacha Township in Tongjiang, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 23, 2013. Several villages at Bacha Township was flooded due to an over 200-meter-wide breach of an embankment on the Heilong River. The Heilong River has swelled over the past week, with some sections seeing the worst floods in history. Some 1,340 locations on 29 stretches of embankments along the river have been reported problems. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)


 

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2013 shows a breach of an embankment on the Heilong River at Bacha Township in Tongjiang, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Several villages at Bacha Township was flooded due to an over 200-meter-wide breach of an embankment on the Heilong River. The Heilong River has swelled over the past week, with some sections seeing the worst floods in history. Some 1,340 locations on 29 stretches of embankments along the river have been reported problems. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)


 

Reporters are seen near a breach of an embankment on the Heilong River at Bacha Township in Tongjiang, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 23, 2013. Several villages at Bacha Township was flooded due to an over 200-meter-wide breach of an embankment on the Heilong River. The Heilong River has swelled over the past week, with some sections seeing the worst floods in history. Some 1,340 locations on 29 stretches of embankments along the river have been reported problems. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)


 

A rescuer drives a boat through a breach of an embankment on the Heilong River at Bacha Township in Tongjiang, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 23, 2013. Several villages at Bacha Township was flooded due to an over 200-meter-wide breach of an embankment on the Heilong River. The Heilong River has swelled over the past week, with some sections seeing the worst floods in history. Some 1,340 locations on 29 stretches of embankments along the river have been reported problems. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)


 

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