| 1 | The dam builders underestimate the risk of spillway failure. | |
| 2 | Completion of the spillway was expected to reduce the risk of such a catastrophic event. | |
| 3 | Chinese soldiers used explosives to blast part of a leaking dike so as to release flood waters on a swollen branch of the Yangtze River. | |
| 4 | Mr. Song said he spent Tuesday morning helping to evacuate the scattered remaining residents in soon-to-be-flooded areas of Beichuan county. | |
| 5 | My worry is if this much water continues to hold for a long time with nowhere to go, the estate might not make it. |