
Massive flooding in China: World’s largest hydroelectric dam ushers in largest flood peak
21:42 | 20/08/2020
The Three Gorges Dam in central China’s Hubei province has seen the largest flood peak since the construction of the reservoir.
21:42 | 20/08/2020
The Three Gorges Dam in central China’s Hubei province has seen the largest flood peak since the construction of the reservoir.
07:52 | 20/08/2020
More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from areas on the upper reaches of China's Yangtze river as flooding threatened a 1,200-year-old World Heritage Site.
07:02 | 14/08/2020
The Three Gorges reservoir in Central China's Hubei province is expected to see a new round of floods around August 14.
10:28 | 29/07/2020
The Three Gorges Dam must open its reservoir due to the third heavy rain in the upper reaches of Yangtze River, while China’s been warning that the worst flood is still ahead.
12:39 | 28/07/2020
Torrential rain resulted in the third flooding of the year on Yangtze River, putting the Three Gorges Dam under serious pressure and it is forecast to peak on Tuesday (July 28).
09:10 | 27/07/2020
Rising water levels in trunk upstream leave China's Yangtze River struck with its third flood of the year Sunday afternoon, putting further pressure on the already overwhelmed Three Gorges Dam.
08:58 | 22/07/2020
Beijing has admitted in a rare revelation that ts 2.4-kilometer Three Gorges Dam spanning the Yangtze River in Hubei province “deformed slightly”, with some nonstructural, peripheral parts of the dam had buckled, after record flooding.
12:31 | 13/07/2020
Jiangxi has switched on "wartime mode" and raised the emergency response for flood control and disaster relief to the highest level.
08:53 | 02/07/2020
The reservoir of China's Three Gorges Dam is so large that when it is full of water, the Earth's rotation will slow down and the daytime will be extended.
17:53 | 30/06/2020
China said it was carrying out the first flood discharge of the year at the Three Gorges Dam after videos of the dam's downstream cities being massively flooded.
09:24 | 26/06/2020
Three Gorges Dam (Sanxia dam) faces serious test as Chongqing hit by worst flooding in 80 years. Chinese experts warn the world's largest power station-dam in danger of break at any time.