“Are the recent storms significantly out of the ordinary?”
Forbes reports: “It was reported to be the worst flood since 1998, and not 100 years as some in Beijing have said.
All told, more than 400 Yangtze tributary rivers have overflowed, with nearly 200 people dead and properties underwater.
Average rainfall is around 12% higher than last monsoon season.”
They also state: “The thing is, that the (Three Gorges Dam) power station is down the Yangtze River from a handful of other dams that exist at a higher elevation than the Three Gorges. And because of the floods and problems at those dams upstream, Three Gorges is buckling under the strain of massive flows of water.”
The dams upstream are up to seventy years old. One of those could fail.
BeauBo wrote:
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“Are the recent storms significantly out of the ordinary?”
Forbes reports: “It was reported to be the worst flood since 1998, and not 100 years as some in Beijing have said.
All told, more than 400 Yangtze tributary rivers have overflowed, with nearly 200 people dead and properties underwater.
Average rainfall is around 12% higher than last monsoon season.”
They also state: “The thing is, that the (Three Gorges Dam) power station is down the Yangtze River from a handful of other dams that exist at a higher elevation than the Three Gorges. And because of the floods and problems at those dams upstream, Three Gorges is buckling under the strain of massive flows of water.”
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“buckling under the strain”
So, Forbes has confirmation that failure is beginning....