A dyke is broken by the Huangpu River in Shanghai on July 2, 2003. The accident was caused by earth subsidence blamed on work on nearby cross-river rail tunnels. The dyke began slowly sinking on Tuesday night and the wall cracked in the small hours of Wednesday because of the combined effects of subsidence and the rising night tide.[newsphoto.com.cn]

Several house lean due to the earth subsidence..[newsphoto.com.cn]

Rescue mission..[newsphoto.com.cn]

More than 400 police pile up sand bags near the broken dyke.[newsphoto.com.cn]

A sand bag dyke has been built as a temporary measure..[newsphoto.com.cn]

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