Three Gorges Dam stands test of another peak flood
By ANIWednesday, July 28, 2010
NEW DELHI - China’s Three Gorges Dam has successfully withstood another test on peaking flood-related flows from the already swollen Yangtze River.
According to a Xinhua news agency report, the dam buffered the flood by discharging water at a rate of 40,000 cubic meters per second, holding up 16,000 cubic meters in a second.
The water level of the reservoir behind the dam rose to 158 meters at 8 a.m. Wednesday, about 17 meters under its maximum capacity of 175 meters.
Continuous downpours in weeks boosted the water levels of the upper reaches of the Yangtze.
The flow on the Yangtze’s upper reaches topped 70,000 cubic meters a second on July 20, the highest level since the dam was completed last year and 20,000 cubic meters more than the flow during the 1998 floods that killed 4,150 people. (ANI)
