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    Dam Collapse in China Imminent - Massive Casualties Coming

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    China warns of 'stronger flood' as Three Gorges Dam faces swell

    SHANGHAI -- Chinese authorities warned on Friday of the arrival of a "stronger" flood at the Three Gorges Dam and issued new alerts in downstream cities, as more rains are expected in the coming days.

    Cities in the country's central region along the Yangtze River -- China's longest river -- have been inundated in the past week amid the annual monsoon season, with the worst flooding since 1998. Across the country, 433 rivers have flooded, and 141 people have died or are missing.

    Heavy downpours have been lashing the region since last month, pushing average rainfall 12% higher than last year. The economic damage from flooding is expected to reach 86.2 billion yuan ($12 billion), according to some estimates.

    This comes as China's economy just swung back into positive territory in the second quarter. The government announced Wednesday that it will spend about 1.7 billion yuan on measures to deal with the floods.

    At the Three Gorges Dam, a multifunctional facility on the Yangtze River that includes flood prevention, upstream flooding is expected to cause a swell of water reaching 55,000 cubic meters per second at 8 p.m. local time on Friday, higher than the warning level of 50,000 cubic meters, according to the Changjiang Water Resources Commission.


    This will be stronger than this year's first peak of 53,000 cubic meters recorded on July 2. Dam authorities had already discharged water on June 29 in anticipation of the flood. They maintained that flooding which came after that in downstream cities was not caused by the discharge but was rather due to poor drainage systems.

    Despite the dam reaching a new flooding record this year, authorities have yet to indicate whether they will release more water in the coming days. However, residents in the central city Wuhan and provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, some of the places downstream of the dam that have been most severely hit by the water levels this year, received a red alert on Friday, the highest level on a four-tier weather warning system.
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    Imminent? That would be disasterous in every way. Lives lost, economy, morale.

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    I did a search to see if there was any new news reports on it and saw this, apparently it's a massive dam.


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    China's Huaihe River flood response raised to highest

    The Huaihe River Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources on Monday raised the emergency response for flood control to Level I, the highest of the four-tier emergency response system, due to the grim flood situation.

    The water level at the Wangjiaba hydrological station on the main course of the Huaihe River had risen to 29.66 meters by 6:36am Monday , exceeding the guaranteed level of 29.3 meters, according to the commission located in the city of Bengbu, east China's Anhui Province.

    The guaranteed water level refers to the upper limit of the water level that ensures the safety of the embankments and affiliated projects.

    The 1,000-kilometer Huaihe is one of China's major waterways, running through the country's east between the Yangtze and Yellow rivers.

    The Huaihe main course is facing rising flood risks, as heavy rain is forecast in the region over the next three days, the Ministry of Emergency Management warned on Sunday.

    Floods will pose a threat to parts of Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, it said.
    China's Huaihe River flood response raised to highest - SHINE News

    Wangjiaba hydrological station = Three Gorges Dam

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