Within days of the magnitude 7.9 earthquake that shook China's Sichuan Basin, floods became a hazard.
Published May 21, 2008
In the wake of the May 12, 2008, earthquake in China, a series of landslides blocked the Jiangjiang River, creating swollen reservoirs that threatened to break through and flood catastrophically. The largest of these lakes, Tangjiashan Lake, threatened roughly 1.3 million people.
Published Jun 11, 2008
Two months after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Kashmir, water continued to build behind a natural dam. The dam was created when a landslide covered two rivers, which are now pooling into lakes in the valleys beyond the slide.
Published Dec 20, 2005
Erosion is causing the slow disappearance of a lake that formed after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
Published Sep 7, 2018
As water backed up behind a landslide on the Tsarap River, authorities grew concerned about flash floods.
Published Jan 27, 2015
