(ZHAO GE)

Rescue work is underway on a reservoir leak in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which occurred on February 2.

Water gushed out of the Lianfeng Reservoir in Kaziwan Village, located about 25 km from Urumqi, the regional capital, and flowed into a nearby village, blocking traffic and flooding homes. One person died and more than a dozen were injured.

The reservoir, designed to hold 300,000 cubic meters of water, was below capacity, holding an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 cubic meters prior to the leak.