Chinese troops have managed to reduce the water level in an unstable lake formed by last month's earthquake, by channelling water to an abandoned town.
Soldiers used explosives to divert water from Lake Tangjiashan into the quake-damaged town of Beichuan.
Residents had already been evacuated to higher ground, but many watched as water gushed through their town.
Eyewitnesses said they had seen the bodies of quake victims along with TVs and refrigerators in the flood waters.
The BBC's James Reynolds, watching the scene downriver from Beichuan, in Mianyang, says people in the area have come down to watch and take photos of the rising waters.
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