Prayer Alert: China's Three Gorges Dam, Largest in World, In Danger of Collapse after Worst Floods in 70 Years

Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz : Jun 26, 2020
Breaking Israel News

An estimated 400 million people live downstream of the Three Gorges Dam...

[Breaking Israel News] Weeks of heavy rain have put the Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydropower project in the world, in danger of collapse putting 400 million people at risk. The flooding has been described as the worst since 1949 with natural disasters being declared in 24 provinces and municipalities in the southwest and central China, especially in areas near the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the Three Gorges Dam, causing the reservoir's water level to exceed the flood control line. (Screengrab image: via Twitter)

The water level in China's massive Three Gorges Reservoir reached 147 meters on Saturday, two meters above the flood warning line. Meanwhile, the inflow increased to 26,500 cubic meters per second from 20,500 cubic meters per second on the previous day.

The flood capacity of the dam is being approached, Zhao Yunfa, the deputy chief engineer of the overflow dispatch communications center at the Three Gorges Project, warned... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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