Xiaocaoba Dam
Coordinates: 27 ° 45 ′ 55 ″ N , 104 ° 15 ′ 30 ″ E
On Thursday July 21, 2005, a dam broke in southwest China . The accident happened in the early hours of the morning at 6:20 AM at Xiaocaoba and Daqiao near the city of Zhaotong in the circle Yiliang , province of Yunnan . The water then flooded three villages, including Xiaocaoba and Daqiao, killing 16 people, eight of them children. 23 people were injured. 15 to 19 houses were destroyed by the tsunami and 40 hectares of farmland flooded. A total of 150 people were affected. The amount of damage is stated as 4.64 million yuan (US $ 560,000). The local party committee deployed 500 people to the rescue work.
In southwest China, the rainy season began at the beginning of June . The 80,000 m³ reservoir had been filled by heavy rainfall during the previous day. Serious construction errors of the illegally and without permission erected building are said to have caused the dam to break , as initial investigations have shown.
At least 792 people across the country were killed in further floods in the previous weeks, and an additional 200 people were missing.
See also
Web links
- Dam disasters
- The latest Disaster information ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- At least 15 dead after dam breach in China (tagesschau.de archive)
- Dam collapse in China, kills 15, injures 23
- Illegal construction causes dam collapse ( Memento from May 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Death toll rises in Chinese dam collapse ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )