Rescue team sent to ruptured dam in Shanxi   

山西成立工作组处理水库垮塌事故 坝塌近300米

15日7时，山西省洪洞县曲亭水库灌溉输水洞洞顶垮塌，导致下游坝体出现管涌，坝体塌陷长度近300米。截至目前，暂无人员伤亡报告，临汾市委、市政府已成立抢险指挥部，下设现场抢险组、综合协调组、交通保障组、安全保卫组、电力保障组和医疗保障组。

Linfen (CNS) – The Linfen city government has mobilized an emergency rescue team following the collapse of a local dam. The team will handle traffic control, security, electric power and medical services.

The top of an irrigation water duct at the Quting Reservoir in Hongtong County, Shanxi Province, caved in Friday morning, leading to the partial collapse of the dam's 300-meter walls. No casualties have been reported so far.

Several roads have been closed because of flooding caused by the collapse.

Old age was one cause of the accident, according to local officials. The water duct was established in 1959.