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Three Gorges Dam under enormous stress as heavy rain slams China
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中 최악 홍수…세계 최대 싼샤댐 최고 수위 불과 11m 남았다 The Three Gorges Dam in China has reached peak levels,... leaving just 11 meters until the reservoir breaches its maximum level. Officials have tried opening the floodgates to lessen the stress on the dam,... but record rainfall this summer has made it a losing battle. Lee Seung-jae has the details. With China seeing record rainfall this summer,... the Three Gorges Dam in central China's Hubei Province saw its second flood along the Yangtze River this year,... and the largest one so far arriving at the reservoir. As of 8AM, local time, on Saturday,... the inbound flow of floodwater reached 61-thousand cubic meters a second,... while the outbound flow was 33-thousand cubic meters a second. With the reserv Show more