The evacuees, mainly members of the water and electricity section of the People's Armed Police Force, are warmly welcomed by locals upon their arrivals at Mianyang, a city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 31, 2008. The first group of 15 earthquake relief workers handling the Tangjiashan quake-formed lake in China's Sichuan Province boarded a helicopter at 8:35 AM on Saturday and were evacuated from the dam site.

The major project of a sluice -- an irregular cube designed to discharge flooded water -- from the Tangjiashan Lake is completed at quake-induced Tangjiashan Lake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 31, 2008. The first group of 15 earthquake relief workers handling the Tangjiashan quake-formed lake in China's Sichuan Province boarded a helicopter at 8:35 AM on Saturday and were evacuated from the dam site.

(Xinhua News Agency June 1, 2008)