Three Gorges Dam will meet the first large-scale flood since being completed

Three Gorges Dam will meet the first large-scale flood since being completed

According to the real-time data from Three Gorges Dam control center, at 8 PM in July 19 the water inflow of Three Gorges Dam has rised to 69,000 cubic meters per second and the water outflow of Gezhouba has rised to 41,300 cubic meters per second. At 9 PM in July 19, the upper water level of Three Gorges Dam was of 148.21-meter high and the water level of Gezhouba was of 51.8-meter high.

Chen Fei, general manager of China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Corporation, said that Three Gorges Dam would reach a flood peak of 70,000 cubic meters per second exceeding the peak in 1998, which is the first large-scale flood it have met since Three Gorges Dam has been completed.

(Reference: http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2010-07-19/225417830122s.shtml)

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