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Inner Mongolia move to break up Yellow River ice

2016-03-16 (chinadaily.com.cn)

Inner Mongolia's Water Resource Department took preventive measures on the Yellow River in the Dalad Banner near the city of Erdos, using aerial bombardment and surface blasts to ensure that the ice breaks up, on March 15.

Soldiers on hovercraft putting explosives on the ice surface, in Erdos, on March 15. [Photo/Xinhua]
Explosions breaking up surface ice, in Erdos, on March 15. [Photo/Xinhua]