A crane removes barriers to speed up flood discharge in landslide-hit Zhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 19, 2010. Soldiers hurry up Thursday to eliminate the barriers in downtown Zhouqu County in order to counteract the effect of rains ednesday which slowed down flood discharge. [Xinhua]

Cranes remove barriers to speed up flood discharge in landslide-hit Zhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 19, 2010. Soldiers hurry up on Thursday to eliminate the barriers in downtown Zhouqu County in order to counteract the effect of rains on Wednesday which slowed down flood discharge. [Xinhua]