(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): Torrential rain caused the Yangtze River’s third flood peak on Sunday, bringing the Three Gorges Dam under extreme pressure as China continues to alleviate the effects of the deluge that has already hit more than 45 million residents and resulted in billion dollars losses. Authorities have provided alerts in the near future of potential new flood levels, allowing the Three Gorges Dam to clear adequate room for expected floods.
The amount of water inflow that entered the reservoir has exceeded 50,000 cubic meters per second, state media sources reported, adding that about Tuesday the reservoir will see 60,000 cubic meters of inflow per second. The condition remains grim the vast Chongqing municipality situated along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, struck on Monday by the most serious floods since this year’s flood season started.
This year’s first flood arrived at the dam on July 2 with a peak flow rate of 53,000 cubic meters, while the second came at 55,000 cubic meters per second in the third week of the month. Before the second flood round, water management officials were quoted as saying the three Gorges Dams are being checked in Asia’s longest watercourse by the second floods this year.
The maximum capacity for the dam is 175 meters. The reservoir level as of Monday was at 159.46 meters, just below 164.18 meters from a week earlier.
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