Harbin

internet - Harbin: people flee after water cut off

Troublesome news from Harbin in northeast China where yesterday 3.8 million inhabitants were cut off from their water supplies, because of the benzene fallout of a chemical explosion upriver.
Western media report that inhabitants are fleeing the scene, report here AP and here the BBC.
I wanted to move ahead with my podcasting experiments and call some inhabitants of Harbin, as my (indeed Chinese fabricated) headset collapsed. Will be back with podcasting after I obtain a new set.

Update: A decent overview of China's environmental problems in the International Herald Tribune.