Rescuers were able to save 14 people and evacuate hundreds from a flood in Hubei province on Thursday after the dike of a lake formed by construction waste collapsed.

According to Xinhua, the flooding devastated the Longfeng township of Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture.

When the dike collapsed at about 11:00 a.m. local time on Thursday, the waters immediately surged downward towards a nearby village, damaging more than 70 vehicles, and causing a national highway to be closed for a few hours, according to the local press.

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The barrier lake is reported to have contained thousands of cubic meters of water, spread over a land area of about 2,000 square miles and with a depth of 10 meters. Local residents say that it was created by construction workers who were dumping soil in the area.

A building worker reportedly breached the lake's banks by accident before the flooding started.

Rescuers, comprised of hundreds of people including paramilitary troops, quickly came to the rescue of people who were trapped in buildings, vehicles, and other structures.

Photos of the flood shows that the water reached a height enough to drown and wash away cars. Rescuers had to pull along lifeboats to secure the people that they are rescuing.

More than 300 people were evacuated from buildings, and 14 were saved from either inside or atop their vehicles.

No casualties have been reported so far.

This latest incident comes on the heels of a landslide in Shenzhen last month after a mountain of construction waste collapsed, burying different structures and killing dozens of people.

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