Focus | Rescuers race to strengthen embankment at China's second-largest freshwater lake
XINHUA
發布於 07月07日08:46 • Chen Zeguo,Chen Sihan
HUARONG, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers are racing against time to strengthen an embankment after a dike breach at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake in central China's Hunan Province, on Friday.
The embankment, which is viewed as the "second line of defense," is located about two kilometers away from the breached dike and is 14.3 kilometers long.