Picture taken on June 10, 2008 from a military helicopter shows flood water flowing past Beichuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Drainage of the Tangjiashan quake lake through a manmade spillway speeded up to 1,760 cubic meters per second at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, whereas water flow in the lower reaches of the lake, in Beichuan County, reached 2,240 cubic meters per second.

Picture taken on June 10, 2008 from a military helicopter shows floodwater flowing beneath the Dongfanghong bridge of Mianyang City in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Drainage of the quake lake through a manmade spillway speeded up to 1,760 cubic meters per second at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, whereas water flow in the lower reaches of the lake, in Beichuan County, reached 2,240 cubic meters per second.

(Xinhua News Agency June 10, 2008)