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| China: Three Gorges dam hits highest level, anxiety grows among public |
| 2020-08-24 |
| h/t Instapundit [India Blooms News Service] - The dam recently recorded the largest inflow of water in its history. Following the incident, officials even assured people the water level would not be breached. Inflows to the world’s largest hydro-electric dam reached 75m litres of water a second, according to state media. By Thursday morning, 11 outlets of the dam had been opened to discharge 49.2m litres of water a second, the largest release since its construction, reports The Guardian. Parts of China witnessed heavy flooding for the past two months. Officials have repeatedly assured that the dam can withstand the flow of water. A breach of the dam, a controversial and unprecedented feat of engineering along the Yangtze River, would be embarrassing for China, which took 12 years to build the megaproject, displacing millions and submerging swathes of land, reports The Guardian. The Three Gorges dam, which can handle inflows of about 98.8m litres a second, is already approaching its capacity. Officials expect water levels in the reservoir, whose dam was built to withstand a water level of 175 metres, to reach 165.5 metres on Saturday, reports the newspaper. Meanwhile, officials have carried out evacuation process in many parts of the country. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #16 Hey, anyone wanna go to the movies? They're showing some WWII thing called The Dam Busters. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-08-24 14:46 |
| #15 So, now what happens to the nukes downstream of the dam? |
| Posted by: Matt 2020-08-24 14:29 |
| #14 Is communist party headquarters downstream? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-08-24 12:58 |
| #13 Perhaps a little more cloud seeding, just to rub it in after Wuhan? |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-08-24 11:31 |
| #12 Rare floods recede in Chongqing |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-08-24 10:58 |
| #11 ^Why bad things happen to good people? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB 2020-08-24 10:47 |
| #10 I do not know what higher ground exists downstream of 3 Gorges dam, |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2020-08-24 10:45 |
| #9 China is already in serious trouble. The dam goes, they will pretty much be toast. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2020-08-24 10:29 |
| #8 /\ Excellent point (as I scan my light table). |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-08-24 09:44 |
| #7 Besoeker, along with a whole lot of other things downstream. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2020-08-24 09:43 |
| #6 If the Three Gorges dam goes, it can be removed from the targeting list. The upside. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-08-24 09:26 |
| #5 anxiety grows among public Not this public. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-08-24 09:24 |
| #4 A link from another posting today. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-08-24 08:35 |
| #3 Correction: My sink can't handle that. |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-08-24 02:46 |
| #2 "m" for million, gorb. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-08-24 02:08 |
| #1 75m litres of water a second My sink can beat that. I thought the dam's normal operating level was 175m when filled to normal capacity. So what's the big deal? The dam is supposed to be able to contain up to 185m of water, and anything above that just tops the dam. So what? By then, everyone has moved to higher ground and can watch the show. |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-08-24 02:04 |