2014年CRI 景谷地震造成一处大坝出现裂缝

 

Over 260 soldiers are working feverishly¹ to dig a trench² to try to drain a local reservoir in Pinggu County in Yunnan which is threatening thousands of people downstream.

The dam holding back the reservoir sustained a major crack following Tuesday night's 6.6-magnitude earthquake in the county.

Liu Feng is a reporter with China Central Television.

"As we can see, the crack is about 5 to 15 centimeter wide.

The dam is about 120 meters long and the crack stretches for over 100 meters.

The reservoir is located at the upstream of the epicenter Yong Ping town, threatening about 20,000 local residents."

Local authorities say they hope to have a drainage trench finished by tomorrow, which should drain the reservoir over the following 48-hours.

The threat of flooding has already forced around 500 people from their homes.

Tuesday night's earthquake in Pinggu County left one person dead and over 300 others hurt.

The region has been rattled³ by numerous aftershocks, forcing around 100-thousand people from their homes.

1 feverishly   

adv. 兴奋地

参考例句：

• Feverishly he collected his data. 他拼命收集资料。
• The company is having to cast around feverishly for ways to cut its costs. 公司迫切须要想出各种降低成本的办法。

2 trench   

n./v.(挖)沟，(挖)战壕

参考例句：

• The soldiers recaptured their trench.兵士夺回了战壕。
• The troops received orders to trench the outpost.部队接到命令在前哨周围筑壕加强防卫。

3 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。