Three Gorges Dam under enormous stress as heavy rain slams China

中 최악 홍수…세계 최대 싼샤댐 최고 수위 불과 11ｍ 남았다

The Three Gorges Dam in China has reached peak levels,... leaving just 11 meters until the reservoir breaches its maximum level.
Officials have tried opening the floodgates to lessen the stress on the dam,... but record rainfall this summer has made it a losing battle.
Lee Seung-jae has the details.
With China seeing record rainfall this summer,... the Three Gorges Dam in central China's Hubei Province saw its second flood along the Yangtze River this year,... and the largest one so far arriving at the reservoir.
As of 8AM, local time, on Saturday,... the inbound flow of floodwater reached 61-thousand cubic meters a second,... while the outbound flow was 33-thousand cubic meters a second.
With the reservoir level having risen almost 12 meters over the past 10 days,... it's nearing the dam's design-maximum of 175 meters.
As of Sunday,... there was just 11 meters left.
Across Hubei Province,... helicopters have been working around the clock to dump tons of sand and gravel onto embankments due to fears of the water breaching the river's banks.
A number of cities and provinces have raised their emergency response level to the highest level,... with more than 38-thousand people in Hubei Province relocating to higher land.
With China bracing for more heavy rain in the coming days,... there's no telling if the reservoir will be able to hold back the floodwater and prevent an enormous flood.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.

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[whiskeybuilder]

I would seriously consider getting the hell out of there.

[muzehack]

Mother Nature has a way of showing us who the real boss is.

[-ct]

Remember that time the ccp said 20 years ago the dam would stop the flooding of

[LordZoth]

"May you live in interesting times"

-Ancient Chinese Proverb

[lofi_audio]

In America: George Floyd
In China: Gorgeous Flood

[cowardlyspartan]

In Sparta, we call this a “fluid situation”.

A shield wall might help, but I won’t be a part of it.

[MARINVIEW]

If its " Made In China" How much time before its bursts?

[brenolk]

2020: “Who wants to hear a Knock Knock joke? Knock Knock...”
Everyone: “* *sigh* *, who’s ther....
* *Water bursts down the door because of major flooding* *

[Downbad]

You know at this point I’m not even surprised at this point

[shipmcgee]

"We're safe with our emergency equipment and supplies ready"
"But they're all made in China"
"Oh shi-"

[vv-urdo]

I am from India...we prayed for ur country peoples but...ur country higher authorities are very dangerous....they put the entire world in biggest struggle😐

[aa]

China CCP : WE’LL TAKE MORE WATER & MORE LAND

HEAVENS : Y E S

[shadowbanned]

Hey its not a problem China has mastered the art of creating islands out of nothing and putting military bases on them its all good.

[mortyr]

Didn't they cause the type of dolphin to go Extinct just a build that dam?

[jimflagg]

Our prayers are with the Chinese people.

[jhoover]

Going through some of the comments, it's amazing how ruthless people can be. Like many here, I have no love for the Chinese government whatsoever, but is a flood destroying the citizens that are most likely just trying to make it day by day like the rest of us really going to make people happy?

[nelly]

Chinese foreign minister warning to mother Earth: Do not interfere in the internal affairs of china.
Mother Earth: You have usurped my land and not paid your rent. It's time for your eviction... The clock is ticking. Tik Tok...Tik Tok..Tik Tok

[gardeningwithscience]

3 Gorges dam, everything built by the lowest bidder, using the cheapest materials which were all made in China

[updatedtv]

This is karma for the start of coronavirus pandemic

[delphi-moochymaker]

Just waiting for "After the collapse, it was discovered that the builder took shortcuts..."