2nd LD-Writethru: Rain-triggered floods lead to dike breach in China's Liaoning

SHENYANG, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- A section of a river embankment was breached on Tuesday due to rising water levels from continuous heavy rains in northeast China's Liaoning Province, authorities said.

The breach, about 18 meters long, was found at around 4:40 a.m. at an embankment of the Wanghe River, a tributary of the Liaohe River, near Fanjia Village in the city of Tieling, where rainfall in the flood season has