SHANGHAI (REUTERS) - Water levels at China's giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river are inching closer to their maximum after torrential rains raised inflows to a record high, official data showed on Friday (Aug 21).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SHANGHAI - Water levels at China's giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river are inching closer to their maximum after torrential rains raised inflows to a record high, official data showed on Friday .
"They will do everything they can to prevent the dam from overtopping," said Professor Desiree Tullos from Oregon State University who studies the Three Gorges project. Rainfall in the Yangtze basin has been well over double the seasonal average this year. The floods had caused nearly 180 billion yuan in economic damages by last week, and 63 million people have been affected.
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