China continues to be submerged In the historic flood, the authorities quickly released strong floods to save the Three Gorges Dam, updated on July 30.
Today, CNN reported that continued record rains have devastated parts of central China's provinces such as Henan province.
At least 12 people were confirmed dead in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, where more than 500mm of rain continued to fall, bringing the total number of deaths in China to 75.
More than 100,000 people have so far been evacuated from Zhengzhou, a city of 12.6 million people on the banks of the Yellow River, with thousands of emergency personnel deployed to assist in the effort, according to state media. Nation.
In the nearby city of Gongyi, at least 14 people were confirmed dead and more than 20,000 were forced to flee their homes.
Provincial authorities said the city's subway system, which includes seven lines and 153 stations, halted all operations following the incident.
Other videos show people on the street, deep in the water, trying to pull people trapped in an underground shopping mall with ropes.
The heavy rain also caused power outages across the city. A hospital, which treats nearly 10,000 Covid-19 patients, has faced a complete blackout with photos on social media showing the first floor flooded.
China released water to save the Three Gorges Dam, fear of dam failure continued to rise.
Massive floods continue to increase water pressure on the Three Gorges Dam as the Chinese government is taking emergency measures to protect the world's largest hydroelectric dam. Saving the dam became even more urgent after the July 27 earthquake caused many cracks, the dam will burst if the amount of water reaches the level of 2020, according to the US researcher.
The latest weather forecast information said that heavy rain will continue to take place on August 1, 2 and 3 in the tributaries of the Truong Giang River, causing water to overflow into the Three Gorges Dam.
In recent days, heavy floods have caused water levels at the Three Gorges Dam to rise, raising concerns that the world's largest hydroelectric dam is at risk of bursting. Facing that urgent situation, the Chinese Government was forced to release floods to reduce the load on the dam, causing large floods in the downstream area.
Although Chinese officials have tried to hide and cover up the fact that the Dam was damaged, there have been many social media posts about cracks after the July 27 earthquake. The Chinese people are still extremely bewildered, but they are not as calm as the Chinese media have claimed.
Previously, Chinese media reported that the Tam Hiep, Cat Chau Ba, Khe Lac Do and Huong Gia Ba dams were trying to "produce electricity" at full capacity. The Xinhua news agency said the Three Gorges Dam's 34 generators were operating at almost full capacity.
However, some Hong Kong news outlets suggested that what Chinese state media called "power generation" was in fact an emergency flood release to prevent a dam failure. The Hong Kong Economic Daily commented on July 29: "Heavy rains in the south continuously test the flood resistance of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River."
At 2 am on July 28, the amount of water pouring into Tam Hiep Lake reached 40,000 m3/s, double the previous day. To deal with the massive inflow of water, the authorities asked to raise the discharge threshold of the Three Gorges reservoir to 35,000 m3/s.
With flooding continuing in China, many experts question whether recent floods in localities near the Three Gorges Dam are related to the dam's discharge. By July 29, when Beijing acknowledged the first "flood discharge" of the year, a new flood was also flooding the Three Gorges Dam basin.
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