Beichuan quake lake water level continues to rise, submerging highways along the river (picture)

Yesterday (May 19), the National Disaster Reduction Center of the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced that according to data from an unmanned plane which took aerial photos on May 15 in Beichuan, the water level of the dam lake was continuously rising, causing the highways along the Jiang river west of Qushian town in Beichuan county to be submerged.