Two bombs fall on the floating ice at a section of the Yellow River in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 7, 2007. Three fighter planes from China's Air Force dropped 24 bombs on the floating ice that threatened the cofferdams.

A fighter plane flies before bombing the floating ice at a section of the Yellow River in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 7, 2007. Three fighter planes from China's Air Force dropped 24 bombs on the floating ice that threatened the cofferdams.

A general view shows the floating ice at a section of the Yellow River in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 7, 2007. Three fighter planes from China's Air Force dropped 24 bombs on the floating ice that threatened the cofferdams.

A general view shows the floating ice at a section of the Yellow River in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 7, 2007. Three fighter planes from China's Air Force dropped 24 bombs on the floating ice that threatened the cofferdams.

(China Daily March 9, 2007)