HUARONG, Hunan Province, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Rescue personnel successfully sealed a 226-meter breach in a dike at China's second-largest freshwater lake at 10:31 p.m. Monday, according to local authorities.
Floodwaters from torrential rain caused the breach at Dongting Lake in the city of Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province, with at least 7,000 residents having been evacuated since the dike burst on Friday af
