Flooding resulting from a widened dyke breach at China’s second-biggest freshwater lake—the first lake downstream of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River—has forced thousands of residents to flee overnight as waters left their rooftops submerged within hours.
The flood swept through Huarong county of the central Chinese province of Hunan on the evening of July 5, after blockade efforts at an embankment on the shore of Dongting Lake failed, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
