2020.08.20 13:54 GMT+8

Three Gorges Dam makes biggest water discharge of flood season

Updated 2020.08.20 13:54 GMT+8

The Three Gorges Dam opens its gates to make the largest discharge during the flood season since the reservoir was put into use in 2003, in central China's Hubei Province. /Hubei Daily

At 8 a.m. Beijing Time, the Three Gorges Reservoir saw an inflow of 75,000 cubic meters per second. /Hubei Daily

The Changjiang Water Resources Commission (CWRC) issued an orange flood warning for the dam as the peak of the Yangtze River's fifth flood of this year entered the reservoir in central China's Hubei Province, Augut 19, 2020. /Hubei Daily

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