MIGHT? Seems like increasing the outflow is long overdue. If that net inflow of 26 kcms caused a 2 m rise in 24 hours and they are less than 10 m from overflowing the top, they don't have a lot of margin left. If the inflows don't lessen, they will be overflowing in less than five days.
I'd be at maximum outflow now.
For perspective, the average outflow was 35 kcms from late June to mid July. Today, they are 40% higher than the June-July average outflow.
Chinese geologist Fan Xiao told Reuters that the storage capacity of Three Gorges is less than 9% of average floodwaters. “It can only partially and temporarily intercept the upstream floods, and is powerless to help with floods caused by heavy rainfall in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.”
If it can contain only 9% of AVERAGE floodwaters, then it is probably containing 4% to 5% of this summer’s floodwaters.
They are already at maximum outflow. All 11 gates are opened. Reuters is incompetent.
Been following this for weeks.....they are a MAX outflow.
The outflow has exceeded safety measures for a month. Numerous cities have been flooded, many without notification. Untold people have died. This is already a catastrophe of monumental proportions.
You will not learn about this is the MSM. It does not fit their orange man bad narrative.