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People in cities along China's Yangtze River, already swamped with water, are now scrambling to shore up embankments as the world's largest dam faces fast mounting flood pressure.
One farmer, known as Quiao, is accustomed to the swelling waters of the Yangtze River floodplains and told the LA Times this year has been the worst in decades.
Quiao, one of thousands of villagers whose homes would soon be engulfed, said he ran barefoot to his fields at 2am to harvest his crops before the floods hit.
A woman pushes a makeshift raft down a flooded alleyway in a village in Yongxiu in central eastern China's Jiangxi province. (AP/AAP)
The Three Gorges Dam spans the Yangtze, Asia's longest river, which has become a raging torrent with storm water pouring into the reservoir of the dam at 60 million litres per second on Monday night.
On Tuesday morning, dam operator the China Three Gorges Group said water flow into the reservoir fluctuated between 50 million and 60 million litres per second.
And the peak flow has not eased, adding more than ten trillion litres to the mega-dam in just 10 days.
In this photo released by Chinas Xinhua News Agency, water flows out from sluiceways at the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River near Yichang in central Chinas Hubei Province, Friday, July 17, 2020. Engorged with more heavy rains, Chinas mighty Yangtze River is cresting again, bringing fears of further destruction as seasonal floods that already have left more than a hundred people dead or missing have grown in force since last month. (Wang Gang/Xinhua via AP) (AP/AAP)
All arteries leading from the Yangtze River remain deluged by the third big flood this summer.
The China Three Gorges Group say they plan to hold as much water in the dam as possible to buy time for cities downstream to build up their defences.
An aerial view of the Kwanyin Temple in the middle of the flooded Yangtze River. (Getty)
According to local reports, the dam's operator has indicated there are 13 days left before the reservoir will fill to the brim.
Bridge integrity challenged
The China Three Gorges Group lifted the dam's floodgates on the weekend to discharge the reservoir to block the expected flood starting from Monday.
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, floodwaters are discharged at the Three Gorges Dam in central China's Hubei province on Sunday, July 19, 2020. Authorities in the neighboring province of Anhui blasted a dam Sunday to release surging waters behind it amid widespread flooding across the country that has claimed scores of lives. (Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua via AP) (AP/AAP)
But the integrity of the Three Gorges Dam remains under fire, as officials say despite draining efforts, constant rain may still see it collapse.
"Slight deformation" on some peripheral parts of the structure was reported by local media last week.
But the China Three Gorges Group said this year's floods were "severe but not unprecedented" and no match for the reinforced concrete structure.
https://www.9news.com.au/world/yang...pressure/dd2a2825-8028-4264-bba6-00ac08866360
One farmer, known as Quiao, is accustomed to the swelling waters of the Yangtze River floodplains and told the LA Times this year has been the worst in decades.
Quiao, one of thousands of villagers whose homes would soon be engulfed, said he ran barefoot to his fields at 2am to harvest his crops before the floods hit.
A woman pushes a makeshift raft down a flooded alleyway in a village in Yongxiu in central eastern China's Jiangxi province. (AP/AAP)
The Three Gorges Dam spans the Yangtze, Asia's longest river, which has become a raging torrent with storm water pouring into the reservoir of the dam at 60 million litres per second on Monday night.
On Tuesday morning, dam operator the China Three Gorges Group said water flow into the reservoir fluctuated between 50 million and 60 million litres per second.
And the peak flow has not eased, adding more than ten trillion litres to the mega-dam in just 10 days.
In this photo released by Chinas Xinhua News Agency, water flows out from sluiceways at the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River near Yichang in central Chinas Hubei Province, Friday, July 17, 2020. Engorged with more heavy rains, Chinas mighty Yangtze River is cresting again, bringing fears of further destruction as seasonal floods that already have left more than a hundred people dead or missing have grown in force since last month. (Wang Gang/Xinhua via AP) (AP/AAP)
All arteries leading from the Yangtze River remain deluged by the third big flood this summer.
The China Three Gorges Group say they plan to hold as much water in the dam as possible to buy time for cities downstream to build up their defences.
An aerial view of the Kwanyin Temple in the middle of the flooded Yangtze River. (Getty)
According to local reports, the dam's operator has indicated there are 13 days left before the reservoir will fill to the brim.
Bridge integrity challenged
The China Three Gorges Group lifted the dam's floodgates on the weekend to discharge the reservoir to block the expected flood starting from Monday.
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, floodwaters are discharged at the Three Gorges Dam in central China's Hubei province on Sunday, July 19, 2020. Authorities in the neighboring province of Anhui blasted a dam Sunday to release surging waters behind it amid widespread flooding across the country that has claimed scores of lives. (Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua via AP) (AP/AAP)
But the integrity of the Three Gorges Dam remains under fire, as officials say despite draining efforts, constant rain may still see it collapse.
"Slight deformation" on some peripheral parts of the structure was reported by local media last week.
But the China Three Gorges Group said this year's floods were "severe but not unprecedented" and no match for the reinforced concrete structure.
https://www.9news.com.au/world/yang...pressure/dd2a2825-8028-4264-bba6-00ac08866360
