<p>Shenzhen, China: Around 5,700 residents were relocated after waters breached a dike at <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/china">China</a>'s second-largest freshwater lake in the south of the country, while rescue workers rushed to contain further damage from outflows, Chinese state media said on Saturday.</p><p>More than 2,300 rescue personnel were working to build a second line of defence for floodwaters after Friday's breach across a 226-metre (740-foot) area in Hunan province, <em>China Central Television</em> reported.</p><p>No one had been harmed as of early Saturday, reports said.</p>.Young man's death in China internet cafe goes unnoticed for 30 hours.<p>Footage from state media showed a wave of water surging through a breach in the dike past several overturned lorries, into pools engulfing several houses.</p><p>Heavy rainfall pounded parts Hunan province earlier this week, causing the Miluo River in Pingjiang county to swell to its highest in 70 years.</p><p>Local authorities responded by activating the maximum emergency response level. State media showed large parts of towns waterlogged and stranded people being rescued on boats.</p><p>Water levels at Poyang Lake in Jiangxi province were also being closely watched, China's Ministry of Water Resource said on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Shenzhen, China: Around 5,700 residents were relocated after waters breached a dike at <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/china">China</a>'s second-largest freshwater lake in the south of the country, while rescue workers rushed to contain further damage from outflows, Chinese state media said on Saturday.</p><p>More than 2,300 rescue personnel were working to build a second line of defence for floodwaters after Friday's breach across a 226-metre (740-foot) area in Hunan province, <em>China Central Television</em> reported.</p><p>No one had been harmed as of early Saturday, reports said.</p>.Young man's death in China internet cafe goes unnoticed for 30 hours.<p>Footage from state media showed a wave of water surging through a breach in the dike past several overturned lorries, into pools engulfing several houses.</p><p>Heavy rainfall pounded parts Hunan province earlier this week, causing the Miluo River in Pingjiang county to swell to its highest in 70 years.</p><p>Local authorities responded by activating the maximum emergency response level. State media showed large parts of towns waterlogged and stranded people being rescued on boats.</p><p>Water levels at Poyang Lake in Jiangxi province were also being closely watched, China's Ministry of Water Resource said on Tuesday.</p>