This combination picture of satellite images taken by Taiwan's National Space Organisation (NSPO) shows a lake being formed by landslides caused by the recent earthquake in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, China. The top picture shows the river in 2006. The second and third image show the lake after the quake. (Formosat image © 2008 Dr. Cheng-Chien Liu, National Cheng-Kung University and Dr. An-Ming Wu, National Space Organization, Taiwan/Reuters)

170,000 people evacuated from Mianyang, Sichuan

SICHUAN May 30 – Tangjiashan quake lake relief headquarters said today that as of 18:30 pm, another 90,117 people threatened by imprisoned lakes in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province had been evacuated, making the total evacuated residents adding up to 174,708, Xinhua reported.