Location:
Chamdo, Tibet, China
Post Date:
Oct 18, 2018 12:44 AM
TAG ID:
ichphotos418795
(RM)
Credit:
Imagine China/Newscom
Format:
1920 x 1080 Color JPEG
Keywords:
China, Chinese, Tibet, Chamdo, Jomda, landslide, barrier lake, lake, barrier, Jinsha River
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
A bridge of a section of the Yarlung Tsangpo River is submerged after being devastated by the landslide in Jiala Village, Pai town, Milin county, Linzhi city, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region 17 October 2018. A barrier lake has formed after a landslide hit the Yarlung Tsangpo River in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Wednesday morning, local authorities said. The landslide struck during the early hours of the day near a village in Menling County, blocking the waterway, according to the regional water resources department. At noon, the water level in the lake had risen 40 meters, and the amount of water reached 150 million cubic meters, the department said. Authorities in Tibet have launched an emergency response, calling for the safe evacuation of local residents. A work team has arrived at the site.