Rainfall in the Yangtze basin has been well over double ... But opponents say the flood control capability of the Three Gorges Dam is limited, and it could even make the problem worse in the ...

Chinese authorities issued more flood warnings for China’s Yangtze River on Friday, as heavy rains were forecast in provinces in the country’s south. At least 141 people have died or are ...

China has had a particularly long and terrible history of flooding. In the last 2000 years, the Yangtze River has flooded more than 1000 times. But it is the Hwang Ho or "Yellow River" that has ...

Biqiong Wu is at the Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Yangtze and Hydroelectric Science, China Yangtze Power Company, Yichang, China.

The government has invested heavily in flood control and hydroelectric projects such as the gargantuan Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze. Globally, more intense tropical storms are on the rise as ...

In this photo taken Jan 20, 2025 and released by Guo Qingshan, a view of the "puppy mountain" which went viral over the internet in China seen in Yichang, a city in central China's Hubei Province ...

The dam's primary purpose is to generate hydroelectric power, but it also serves to control flooding and improve navigation ...

Here’s how big the Yangtze is. A third of all the inhabitants of China (which means more than 400 million people) live in the area covered by the Yangtze’s river basin. The Yangtze basin provides ...

When reviewing the photos, he saw something he hadn’t noticed before: A mountain shaped like a dog’s head rested on the ground next to the Yangtze River, its snout perched at the water’s edge.

We’re constantly striving to tackle the big problems facing rivers like the Yangtze, the Mara and the Ganges ... the frequency of – and impacts caused by – severe flooding and drought has increased, ...