PlusEmptying China's 'Quake Lakes'Emptying China's 'Quake Lakes'The Associated PressWater is slowly draining out of a swollen lake in central China, thanks to a manmade spillway. The lake was created when last month's earthquake triggered a landslide that blocked a river. (June 6)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:Dateline: Mianyang, China]The largest of about 30 of China's quake lakes has begun draining.They were formed after last month's seven-point-nine magnitude earthquake.And the lakes could be a major threat to cities, towns and the refugees living below them.In fact ... The threat of flooding has forced authorities here to evacuate more than 250-thousand people. That's why the asian nation went to some extreme measures to drain the quake lakes. [Notes:NATS of explosion] Workers deepened a diversion channel on Friday ... and water began draining off early Saturday.But state media say that even though water was flowing into the specially built diversion channel....Engineers were...