China braces for another dangerous flood season with 97 rivers already exceeding warning levels as of Thursday, according to Chinese state media Global Times. Major floods are expected this summer, and Western media will soon be drumming up headlines about how confidence in China’s flood control capabilities is faltering.
Water levels along the Yangtze River basin and its tributaries are expected to increase over the next week, the Ministry of Water Resources said, adding that major floods are possible throughout the country from June to August.
Wang Wei, an official with the flood and drought disaster prevention office of the Ministry of Water Resources, told state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) that total flood control capacity is approximately 69.5 billion cubic meters – most of the reservoirs have been discharged to full levels. He said the water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir is about 150.83 meters as of Wednesday and will decline through June 10.
Sun Chunpeng, director of the hydrological information and forecast center under the water resources ministry, told CCTV rivers of southern China are experiencing record-high levels. More precipitation is expected in the weeks ahead and could push river levels to even higher dangerous levels.
The country’s largest freshwater lake, called Poyang Lake, located in Jiangxi Province, could have water above warning levels by the end of the week.
“This year’s rainy season has come earlier than usual, but it is still within the normal range. Last year, China recorded record heavy rainfall, so the chance of this year being the same is low, but extreme weather is unpredictable due to the impact of global warming,” Cheng Xiaotao, the former head for the Institute of Flood Control and Disaster Reduction, with the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, told the Global Times.
QingMa Investment, a hedge fund based in Shanghai China, shows flooding risks are climbing for China.
Last summer’s rainy season was the second-highest level since 1961, which triggered massive flooding and fears of the giant Three Gorges Dam failure that circulated across Western media.
It’s about that time Western media becomes obsessed with China flooding stories and persuades the world that China’s flood control capabilities are lacking.
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How do you flood a ball ?
Give it enough mass. Then add water.
Looking forward to the daily reports of China’s 3 Gorges Dam impending collapse from GFC tv.
Well, that will clean up the Wuhan mess.
My dog is at the vet, porcupine flu. The vet over sedated him to get him asleep to pull the quills. Maybe brain damaged. And all Zero Hedge can think about is a little flooding, gee, some people…
Best of luck with the dog, they’re always the best friends.
“It’s about that time Western media becomes obsessed with China flooding stories and persuades the world that China’s flood control capabilities are lacking.”
Huh? If it floods, it floods. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. No persuading needed. How about report facts and let readers assess – if they even care.
I’m no engineer… but when this picture was released on the Chicom’s possibly dammed dam I said to myself:
“Self…hmmm.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fllXJuWLRwQ
Taken from a 2020 article:
“Chinese authorities insist that the dam is structurally sound, but a famed hydrologist, Wang Weiluo, said the dam is of poor quality, and can’t provide flood protection.
Construction of the dam began in 1994 and was completed in 2006.
Wang said after a serious flood in 1998, China’s then-premier hired Western experts to assess the quality control of the build. The experts said the steel bar welding of the dam didn’t meet with standards.
Chinese workers were unhappy and said the Western expert’s criticism was racial discrimination. But the criticism came too late.
“The steel bar welding and cement pouring of the gorge’s left bank is all complete. They can’t redo it,” Wang said.
The Three Gorges Dam didn’t have a separate body for quality inspection. The team that designed and constructed the dam did it themselves.
When the dam first began operations, China’s state media made grand claims that the dam can withhold the worst flood in 10,000 years. Years later they changed this claim to 1,000 years, and a year later revised to 100 years, suggesting a decline of confidence in the dam.
In 2010, state media quoted Chinese officials stressing that people can’t put all their hopes of flood control on the Three Gorges Dam.
Wang has said before that the dam has moved due to its flawed design.
State experts said the dam had moved a few millimeters, but within the normal safety range.
Wang wrote in a 2019 article that the dam is composed of dozens of independent concrete blocks.
“These blocks are not connected to the bedrock below, they’re just sitting on top it,” wrote Wang.
He said if the dam collapses, it will impact over 400-million people living downstream”.
“But extreme weather is unpredictable due to the impact of global warming,” says however the names pronounced.
The so called greatest race of all time reaches for the greatest hoax of all time when it all comes down. Perfect.
Hydrologist, Wang Weiluo, said the dam is of poor quality. As is everything that’s Made in China!
China needs a good flushing.
I hope that 3 Gorgeous Dam collapses and the communist party is blamed and DESTROYED by it. And millions of Chinese hang those uckfers.