andrew duncan told me more about the threat of landmines that have been floating in the floodwater. not floating in the water as described, but they are certainly being washed down as a lot of debris would have done in the initial deluge. the dam and the river there represents the front line in this conflict and there would have been defensive minefields along large sections of the river and certainly around the dam. when the dam was breached, a lot of these mines were swept into the water and they have been pushed down just like you might see in an avalanche in the alps perhaps. so that's the thing, the mines have now been washed further down and they are being caught up in that deluge and where they end up, they may end up in areas heavily silted as a result of that deluge, and therefore they represent a significant problem to try and find them when the waters finally subside. i was going to say, a near impossible task of trying to find them, dislodge them and make them safe. there is already a lot of concern that their original location was not mapped and it was difficult to know