Police pile up sand bags to keep the water at bay in the Huangpu River in Shanghai on Thursday July 3, 2003. A temporary sandbag wall, built a day earlier as a secondary safeguard against flooding, tumbled at Thursday noon due to the combined effects of river tide and ongoing ground subsidence. The floodwall cracked Wednesday in the aftermath of a ground subsidence caused by work on nearby cross-river rail tunnels.[newsphoto.com.cn] A pumping station inside Shanghai's anti-flood wall that had withstood high waters on the Huangpu River finally subsides under pressure, July 3, 2003, following the break of a dyke below the wall. The collapse was caused by work on nearby cross-river rail tunnels on July 1. More than 500 armed police have been busy dealing with the emergency. [newsphoto.com.cn]

Houses by the Huangpu River are in danger.

Police build up a sandbag wall.

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