SICHUAN DISASTER:
Landslides, Flooding Pose Threats as Experts Survey Quake's Impact
Richard Stone
Landslides unleashed by the rupture on 12 May of a more than 200-kilometer section of the Longmenshan fault in Sichuan, China, followed by powerful aftershocks, dammed parts of nine rivers, creating 24 new lakes; experts are worried about another catastrophe.