China's Massive Dam Faces Major Flood Control Test

Flooding continues to be a major problem for southern China today. And now, the massive Three Gorges dam is being pushed to the limit, as water levels continue to rise. Here's more.

China's enormous Three Gorges dam is facing the test of flood control, as torrential rains swell the rivers that feed it.

Much of China has been suffering flooding and landslides after weeks of torrential downpours. The rains have killed at least 146 people and left another 40 missing.

Engineers have raised the rate at which water is being sent out of the reservoir to make room for new waves of floodwaters expected this week.

[Wei Shanzhong, Yangtze River Flood Control Admin.]:
"The rain in the gorge area will immediately affect the water flow, increasing to around 70,000 cubic meters (per second). The level of this flood will be higher than the historic floods of 1954 and 1998."

State-run media showed pictures of drained locks, closing passage up the reservoir for ships destined for southwestern hub of Chongqing.

The locks close if the water comes faster than 11 million gallons per second.

Even if the dam succeeds in its role of holding back deadly floodwaters there may still be problems downstream where continuous rains have also weakened dikes.

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[tyoungos]

The major flood in China was an American job! So were major droughts and earthqaukes in China. The little dirty secret is : America has the Nicola Tesla technology called HARRP in Alaska whereby it can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes "remotely" through the use of electromagnetic waves to wreak economic terror upon an enemy nation, like China, which challenges the rulership of the London-based Zionist Rothschild Cabal of plutocrats and their US puppets. ☆☆☆☆☆

[daantjuh44]

@tyoungos Cool story bro!

[alpurl]

@tyoungos do what?!?!?!

[YousayOh]

@tyoungos you know it, but China doesn't? They could respond with nukes.

The only thing this theories does, is make reality look stupid.

[pravasi1000]

@tyoungos I WONDER, IF AMERCA CAN CONTROL CLIEMATE? AMERICA SUFFER HEAVY STROM, WHO IS BEHIND IT? WHO IS CONTROL? I dono why people is talking about america without any common sense. ( i am not an american)

[Nonchalants8]

0:38 trust china to stop a flood with a human wall.