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| Flood Control Remains Tough at Huaihe River Valley |
| 2003-07-07 |
| From Xinhua. This should be interesting... Floods are challenging the mainstream dikes of the swollen Huaihe River as areas of the riverhave exceeded the safety water levels for several days. Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick... The floodwater diversion areas have helped alleviate inundation dangers, but would not guarantee security with the tough threat posed by continuous torrential rains, warned Zhang Zhitong, deputy executive director of the Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. The Huaihe River valley will continue to suffer heavy rainfall on Sunday and Monday, and torrential rains will hit the valley from Tuesday afternoon to Thursday, according the Central Meteorological Station. Torrential rains...heavy rainfall. I wonder about the concrete integrity... So far, all 446 places at danger along the dikes of the river and the flood diversion areas, including 15 piping and leakage sites, have received immediate repair and restoration. Another flood diversion area called Tangduo Lake was opened for floodwater on Sunday. Currently, over 30,000 local residents in the floodwater diversion areas have been evacuated and about 760,000 people are remaining in place fighting against the rising waters. Hokay. Now move 20x as many people. The Huaihe River has been experiencing its largest floods since 1991 since the end of June, with many sections already reporting dangerous water levels above the safety line. The Huaihe takes up part of the Yellow River flow. Suffice to say, a failure of the dam system... |
| Posted by:Brian |