Hundreds of millions of lives near the Three Gorges Dam are at stake
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Three Gorges Dam (Image: Global Times) |
About 400 million Chinese
could be life-threatening when heavy rains threaten to break the Three Gorges
Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric project.
According to Australia's
7news page, the Chinese government confirmed that the dam was still intact.
However, an irrigation
expert announced in a foreign press last weekend that the Three Gorges Dam
could break at any time.
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Flood waters turn the bridge into an impressive waterfall (Image: Shanghaist) |
The warning was given amid detailed information about eight children drowned after being washed away in the Fu River - upstream of the Three Gorges Dam, on Sunday (June 21).
According to SCMP, seven
children, mostly girls, were killed trying to save a boy who had fallen into
the river in the morning. The Fu River, located near Chongqing City, is
home to over 30 million people.
All eight children were
students at an elementary school, playing near the Fu River at the
time. This river has 'swelled' up to 50m in width after heavy rain fell.
In the Chutian Metro daily
newspaper of Wuhan, people said that it is possible that the entire body will
not be found.
On June 22, Chongqing
issued a red alert about floods. This is the first time since 1946, a
warning about a super flood in history was issued. Up to now, more than
40,000 people have been evacuated.
The social network is now
full of images of the entire building being washed away by the water, cars
being submerged, and the streets becoming fast flowing rivers.
Taiwan News reported that
storms and storms have affected the lives of 8 million people along the Yangtze
River and caused serious damage to the Chinese economy.
China in Focus news network
in the US on June 22 reported that up to 400 million lives at the end of the
Three Gorges Dam could be life-threatening, including those living in
megacities such as Wuhan, Nanjing and Shanghai.
Chinese-German irrigation
company Wang Weiluo earlier this week said the design, construction and quality
control of the Three Gorges Dam were done by the same team. He also said
that the work was completed very quickly.
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