Yangtze River’s No. 2 flood passes Three Gorges Dam

The second flood of China’s Yangtze River this year has smoothly passed the Three Gorges Dam on Sunday as the inflow into the reservoir has decreased. The Three Gorges reservoir saw an inflow of 46,000 cubic meters per second at 8 p.m. Sunday, compared with a peak of 61,000 cubic meters per second, which appeared at 8 a.m. Saturday and lasted for 18 hours. At 8 p.m. Sunday, the water level of the reservoir reached a record high of meters during the flood season since the dam was built. Previo