China Flooding 2020 Series: Part 6.
On July 18th, the Three Gorges Dam received the largest water inflow since the beginning of this year due to heavy rainfall in Chongqing, Sichuan, and other areas in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. According to China’s "Regulations on the Numbering of Major Rivers", this meets the standard for the flood to be assigned a number. The Three Gorges Dam water level has increased by 8.04 meters over the past two days.

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Taiwan’s Sanli Press website reported on July 18th that the flooding was getting more and more intense, and the flow rate at the Three Gorges Dam reached 61,000 cubic meters per second at 8:00 p.m. on that day. The dam is expected to receive a new round of incoming water on the 21st, can the dam really hold?
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