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(240709) -- BEIJING, July 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- In this aerial drone photo, rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Zeguo)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- In this aerial drone photo, rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Zhenhai)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- In this aerial drone photo, rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Zhenhai)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- In this aerial drone photo, rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Zhenhai)

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Work Begins Sealing Breach At Freshwater Lake - China

Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Chen Sihan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Work Begins Sealing Breach At Freshwater Lake - China

Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Chen Sihan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Work Begins Sealing Breach At Freshwater Lake - China

In this aerial drone photo, rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Chen Zeguo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Work Begins Sealing Breach At Freshwater Lake - China

Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Chen Sihan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Work Begins Sealing Breach At Freshwater Lake - China

Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Chen Sihan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Work Begins Sealing Breach At Freshwater Lake - China

In this aerial drone photo, rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Chen Zeguo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Work Begins Sealing Breach At Freshwater Lake - China

In this aerial drone photo, rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Chen Zeguo/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- In this aerial drone photo, rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Zeguo)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xue Yuge)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xue Yuge)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xue Yuge)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- In this aerial drone photo, rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Zeguo)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Sihan)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- In this aerial drone photo, rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Zeguo)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Sihan)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- In this aerial drone photo, rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Zeguo)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xue Yuge)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Sihan)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Sihan)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xue Yuge)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xue Yuge)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xue Yuge)

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(SpotNews)CHINA-HUNAN-HUARONG-EMBANKMENT-PIPING (CN)

(240708) -- HUARONG, July 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Chen Sihan)

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-WOMEN-SKILLED TRADES WORKSHOP

(240404) -- VANCOUVER, April 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Female students participate in a piping workshop during the Jill of All Trades event at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on April 4, 2024. Female high school students took part in various workshops on Thursday to learn different hands-on trade skills at the 'Jill of All Trades', an event aimed at encouraging young women to pursue a career in the skilled trades. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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Industrial water used in Universal Studios Japan fountain

OSAKA, Japan - Officials from the Osaka city health center check water from a drinking fountain at the Universal Studios Japan (USJ) theme park in Osaka's Konohana Ward on July 23. The fountain used untreated industrial water during the nine months after the park opened provisionally in March 2001 due to mislaid piping.

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Kohyei Setsubi's Snake-Type Piping Exploration Robot

Kohyei Setsubi Kogyo (Yamagata City) is developing a business using a piping exploration robot. Within this year, the company will start a rental business of the robot in the three northern prefectures of Yamagata, Miyagi, and Fukushima. The target customers are facility construction companies, and the company aims to cultivate new projects for renovation and reconstruction of buildings by offering diagnosis services in the pipes. The rental business of the piping exploration robot is targeted at companies engaged in facility construction in the three southeastern prefectures. Each of them will recruit one or two distributors, including their group companies, by the end of this year. Each distributor will be assigned a cooperating agency to provide services such as pipe diagnosis using the robot. The company expects to expand its business to the eastern Japan area in the future. Photo taken on August 19, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Industrial water used in Universal Studios Japan fountain

OSAKA, Japan - Officials from the Osaka city health center check water from a drinking fountain at the Universal Studios Japan (USJ) theme park in Osaka's Konohana Ward on July 23. The fountain used untreated industrial water during the nine months after the park opened provisionally in March 2001 due to mislaid piping.

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Vent piping at nuclear power plant in Niigata shown to media

A Tokyo Electric Power Co. official briefs the press on a vent piping system at the utility's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, on April 24, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New robot unveiled for probing reactor gear at Fukushima station

The International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID) and Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd. unveil at a Hitachi-GE plant in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Feb. 5, 2015, a new tubular-shaped robot to be used for probing containment vessels of nuclear reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant. The robot can pass through piping work in tubular form and then transform itself into a U shape (as pictured) for more stable movement once inside the containment vessel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo