Posted on 01/15/2021 9:05:16 PM PST by Norski
Three Gorges Dam was the most dangerous in 17 years.Large floods left 101 dead and 850,000 evacuated 92 views •Jan 13, 2021 1 0 Share Save News Updates 1.17K subscribers The Three Gorges Dam encountered the biggest challenge in 17 years On January 12, it was reported that prolonged heavy rains caused floods that damaged two-thirds of China's provinces, and even put pressure on the Three Gorges dam. As of January 12, the People's Daily reported 101 people were killed or missing in the new flood, while more than 850,000 people had been evacuated due to inclement weather.
This heavy rain has affected at least 15 million people in 26 provinces, cities and autonomous regions of China. In particular, the megacity of Chongqing, southwestern China, suffered the worst floods in more than two decades. After a night of rain in southwestern China, two cars fell into the river, killing 2 people and missing 3 others in Mianning district, Sichuan province. Another person has been killed and nine others are also missing from Sichuan province this week.
According to estimates by the national fire force, the most recent flood caused an estimated economic loss ($ 4 billion).
Worryingly, heavy rains are forecast to continue falling in China next week. China Central Television (CCTV) on the evening of 12/1 said, China Central Meteorological Station continued to broadcast a yellow warning about heavy rain in the south of the country and forecast heavy rain in the next 3 days.
Hubei province in the central and Jiangxi province in the east recently issued emergency meteorological disaster response. The southwestern provinces of Guizhou and Dong Anhui have also improved their response to natural disasters. The worst flood to hit China in recent years was in 1998 when more than 2,000 people died and nearly 3 million homes were destroyed. The southwestern region of China alone is suffering the worst floods in 80 years, including the city of Chongqing. This posed a threat to the Three Gorges dam as its upstream was worst affected since 1940.
Hydrologist Wang Weiluo questioned the dam's bearing capacity after noting cracks and substandard construction concrete. However, the Global Times claimed that the Western press exaggerated the incident. The newspaper quoted Guo Zun, of the Institute of Engineering Mechanics under the China Earthquake Management Bureau in Beijing, that the Three Gorges Dam had a much larger capacity to hold water than is currently seen. According to Quach, the dam is designed to withstand a water level of 175 m or to withstand a flow of up to 70,000 m3 / second."
It’s not rainy season in China now. Rain season is April to June
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_rainy_season
My guess this is fake news clickbait
Should communist China attack Taiwan then I would think the big dam might become target.
You and me both.
Might be why they want America so badly. They know their country is fooked.
Most likely. And they have competition:
“Hay big spender! Farmer Bill is now the biggest owner of agricultural land in the US - billionaire Gates buys up 242,000 acres across 18 states”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3925802/posts
L”If you look for China on this image, you’ll notice an east-west band of dull grey cloud and that’s a stationary front between quite warm subtropical air that has covered the south (around 65 to 70 deg F) and arctic air that has been spreading into the northeast from Mongolia. I found a weather map on the same site and it shows a frontal wave near Wuhan moving east, probably another one forming over the mountains further west. So this could keep up for several days.”
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Yes, having seen so much out-of-season and/or extreme weather over the last few years, increasing each year, and purported flooding and extreme snowstorms coming out of seemingly nowhere, think this might actually be accurate. This is the reason for asking for any possible confirmation. Still looking and will check the link given, thank you.
Should communist China attack Taiwan then I would think the big dam might become target.
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depends on who is........POTUS
with beijing biden, di fi chi spy, peking pelousi, china mitch; farmer bill & fang fang swallowell in charge, the target will be the bread basket of the USA
PS: they’ll prolly run it through one of humper & james’s LLC’s??
“Bidet”
That’s Funny right there!
Chinese damn expertise coming to a river near you!
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