China丨Drainage work begins after dike breach sealed

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Emergency crews have started to drain floodwaters at a township beside Dongting Lake in Hunan province after a dike breach was sealed off on Monday night.▲Villager Zhang Jun looks on with tears in her eyes at her house submerged in floodwaters in Tuanzhou township, Huarong county, Hunan province, on Tuesday. TIAN WEITAO/FOR CHINA DAILYThe National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management have dispatched a first batch of 397 rescue workers and 47 pieces of equipment from provinces including Hubei, Fujian and Sichuan to support the drainage efforts in the inundated Tuanzhou township.Firefighters from the city of Yueyang arrived at the dike at 7 am on Tuesday to start pumping.The breach occurred in Tuanzhou on Friday afternoon when water began flowing through channels in the dike and expanded to a 226-meter gap after failed salvage attempts.An area of 47.6 square kilometers — 92.5 percent of the township — has been flooded. There have b ………………………………