Three Gorges Dam opens three discharging outlets to ease flood control pressure

The Yangtze River flooded for the first time this year on July 2. At the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei Province, the flood's inflow rate reached 50,000 cubic meters of water per second. As a result, the dam opened three flood discharging outlets to ease the flood's impact on the river's lower reaches. Since June 29, the outflow of the Three Gorges Dam has been controlled at an average daily rate of 35,000 cubic meters per second, reducing up to 30 percent of the Yangtze's peak discharge, which has effectively relieved the pressure of flood control on the middle and lower reaches of the river.

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[AA-nome]

Stay strong, stay safe, stay healthy to all Chinese people everywhere!

[yongshankoh]

the island still can be seen, this means the water dam levels are not that high yet.

[hodlcrypto]

Earth shifting, landslides upstream of dam, spillway blockages, praying the dam doesn't break. Nuclear power plants downstream, it would be catastrophic. July August are the rainiest seasons. Reinforce the dam soon!

[Lauren-vdqe]

Is there any live webcams focused on this dam? cant find any...anyone know?

[blaxerx]

How are the people coping and what is the government doing to help those who have lost their homes?

[DennisCambly]

It will generate 38.9 billion kw of electricity annually while further decreasing coal use.

[dave]

Always makes me wonder why they don't have extra turbines on the spillways, that amount of water been channelled like that, perfect for a turbine lol

[chrilos]

Better release water 💦 before raining season

[simonbowman]

This spill way show just how much water is being waisted and could make electrical power.
Think about it RDP Marine Australia has and can be retrofitted

[rolflagerquist]

I understand each dam downstream is not anchored to bedrock giving all a high probability to fail especially during late July and through August when the rainy season is more intense. More than a hundred million Chinese could be lost all the way to Shanghai even impacting South Korea.

[gama-gaeru]

How much electrical power was created by the discharging?

[arni]

seems that everything is fine huh.. ok its your channel anyway.. but other channels showed us otherwise.

[shiveshmukherjee]

I don't know, , , God is blessing them or treating them.

[justmeanu]

I can not think of anything worse than living on the downside of a dam china built.

[colorist_tommy]

was there a way to send water to Beijing area instead of discharging it like this ?

[billyfolse]

He who controls the waters controls the world

[abhi]

Im gurkha from Nepal. why u chinese post on American Youtube when Youtube is banned for chinese citizens?

[alanoh]

Old footage.
If the dam was that full you need to discharge it, because of the emergency situation.
How ever only two pipes discharging the water..
I've seen more used in a normal rainy season.

[BrandonAEnglish]

Yes, "effectively" relieving the pressure....as the cost of millions of lives downstream. Good job!

[mikkeya]

No point posting this if different discharge rates' impact is not explained in detail. Fail.