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Beichuan Qiang County, in Sichuan, China was one of the worst-affected regions during the Great Sichuan Earthquake of May 12, 2008. The townships of Qushan and Leigu were hit particularly hard, concrete structures crumbling to rubble under their own weight, or being crushed by landslides.

Source : http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/200..._beichuan.html

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the Tangjiashan quake lake formed by the landslide following the May 12 earthquake near Beichuan County is seen on Monday, May 26, 2008. Chinese officials rushed Tuesday to evacuate another 80,000 people in the path of potential floodwaters building up behind a quake-spawned dam as soldiers carved a channel to try to drain away the threat.

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Relief workers try to remove bleaching powder and disinfectant while caustic smoke billows in a chemical reaction near a refugee camp in earthquake-hit Leigu Town of Beichuan County, Sichuan province May 29, 2008. The relief goods, including more than 10 tons of bleaching powder and disinfectant, reacted after being soaked by overnight rains, producing caustic smoke, a witness said.

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A woman carries vegetables into her collapsed house, caused by last week's earthquake, in the village of Si Wen Jai in Sichuan province, May 23, 2008.

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Earthquake survivors row rafts to transport baggage on the 'quake lake' at the Majingxiang Hydropower Station May 24, 2008 in Anxian County of Sichuan Province, China. Majingxiang 'quake lake' is the second largest quake lakes formed in the Sichuan earthquake by landslides that blocked rivers. The lake is over 40 meters (131 feet) deep with water rising at 2.5 meters per day. The upcoming rainy days will add to the risk of the lakes.

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A quake survivor stands amid the rubble in Hanwang on May 25, 2008 in southwest China's quake-stricken Sichuan province.

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A woman crosses a damaged bridge following May 12 earthquake in Hanwang town in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday, May 28, 2008.

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Earthquake survivors wash clothes at a river in Leigu town of the Beichuan county, in China's southwestern province of Sichuan on May 31, 2008. China was poised May 31 to drain water out of a dangerous "quake lake" as more than 197,000 people have been evacuated in case of flooding, an official from nearby Mianyang city said.

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Water flows through a sluice channel of the Tangjiashan quake lake in Tangjiashan, Sichuan Province June 8, 2008 in this picture distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. The water level in the quake lake stood at 741.82 metres above sea level at midday on Sunday, still 1.45 metres higher than the sluice, with the lake's volume exceeding 240 million cubic metres, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the water gushed out of the Tangjiashan quake lake at 9 a.m. of Tuesday, June 10, 2008 in southwest China's Sichuan Province. China declared an end Tuesday to the crisis over the brimming lake formed by the May 12 massive earthquake that had threatened to flood downstream communities.