Levees break in China after torrential rain

Levees break in China after torrential rain
More than 4,200 were evacuated.

Rising floodwaters breached levees along the Bainian River, which flows across the cities of Anqing and Tongcheng,

For more of the story, go to:

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/12/china.levees.break/index.html?hpt=T2&fbid=JtUk4r45LiP


In the Philippines, our experience with the typhoon Ondoy, where lives were lost and thousands left homeless, the question in our mind is could this calamity happen again.

My son and his family were stranded in the second floor of their house for 1 ½ days, with only biscuits for food, no electricity, no communication. At least they had the roof over their head. Pitiful were the families on their rooftop with small children for over two days, no protection from the elements.

with this calamity in China of the breaking of the levees, what if the dams in the Philippines break? This would turn out much worse than the Ondoy calamity.
The assigned agencies are getting ready for preparedness for emergencies for the rainy season, but have they looked into the dams?