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Hainan villagers evacuated before typhoon Megi

Weather warning: Typhoon Megi on way to Hainan Province

【Guangdong Province】

Life in Hainan begins to return to normal

Relief efforts continue in Guangdong

【Sichuan Province】

Blocked road reopens in Beichuan County, Sichuan

Magnitude-4.8 earthquake hits southwest China, 14 injured

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Major Disasters

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15 thousand Hainan residents evacuated

15 thousand Hainan residents evacuated

15 thousand Hainan residents evacuated

Hainan evacuation & relief efforts

Hainan tourism recovering after storm

Hainan relief work in full swing

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Overseas Chinese make Zhouqu donation

100 mln yuan donated to mudslide zone

More Flood-affected Areas

[Yunnan] Death toll rises to 12; 80 still missing

[Jilin] Floods leave 122 dead or missing

[Hubei] Danjiangkou Reservoir in Yangtze River experiences biggest flood in nearly 60 years

[Jiangxi] Tropical Storm Chanthu triggers floods in Guangxi

[Chongqing] De-silting work underway in Chongqing

[Hunan] Flood peak passes Dongting Lake

[Anhui] First flood crest pases Wangjiaba in Anhui

Facts: 28 Provinces Affected



The Three Gorges Dam on Yangtze River, the country´s largest, is offering a buffer for the worst flood in decades as it blocks more than 40 percent of upstream water. And its huge reservoir is also being used in a scientific way.

Three Gorges Dam blocks more than 40 percent of upstream water<br><br>

Three Gorges Dam blocks more than 40 percent of upstream water

The Three Gorges Dam has a flood control reservoir of 21 billion cubic meters. It was divided into three levels...Full Story>>

"Compared to 1998, the biggest difference is the Three Gorges Dam. Without it, thousands of soldiers and rescuers would have been needed to fight the floods."

--Yuan Jie, director of the Three Gorges Cascade Dispatching Center of China Three Gorges Cooperation

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[July 20] Three Gorges Dam stands biggest flood-control test

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[July 19] Three Gorges reservoir to see high water levels

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[July 19] Three Gorges Reservoir experiencing highest water levels

Role of Three Gorges Dam in Flood Prevention

Flood Control

The project can effectively adjust the upstream flood of Yangtze River, which will assure a flood control standard of the Jingjiang section, a downstream reach to Three Gorges of Yangtze River, arise from currently preventing 10-year flood to controlling 100-year flood.

Clean Energy providing

Compared to the coal-fired power stations with equivalent electricity generation, Three Gorges Power Plant will decrease emission of 100 million tons of CO2, 2 million tons of SO2, 0.37 million tons of nitrogen oxide and a lot of waste water and solid waste.

Other Benefits

The Three Gorges reservoir, after the project is completed, will improve the weather in this area, be favorable for agriculture, and improve water quality in the mid and lower reach, which will relieve the invasion of saline tide in the river´s mouth to East China Sea.

Know More: The Great Three Gorges

The Three Gorges Project is the world´s largest water conservation and hydro-power project. It is on the Xiling Forge section of the well-known Three Gorges on the Yangtze River.

Project Aim:
Flood-prevention, power generation, water transportation benefits and improve the ecological environment.

Design capacity:
100,000 cubic meters

Average annual runoff volume:
451,000 million cubic meters

Worldwide Flood Disasters

Pakistan
Pakistan: Floods receding, disease and hunger setting in

Pakistan: Floods receding, disease and hunger setting in

1,294 dead in Pakistan´s worst floods: official

1,294 dead in Pakistan´s worst floods: official

India
Floods hit Northern India

Floods hit Northern India

Landslide kills 6 in India

Landslide kills 6 in India

Europe
Flooding kills 10 in central Europe

Flooding kills 10 in central Europe


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