This is old news. The dam is still holding...so far.
The videos and this story are WITHIN the LAST 24 hours. Yeesh.
Well, it would seem to be good dam design to have engineered outflow capability above any expected inflows.
Reservoir height management to be well modeled can help.
Last time I checked there was 156 meters out of 175 that the three Gorges can handle.
They’re trying to drain the dam without flooding downstream but the reservoir intake is too much.