China Floods Causes Destruction – Burning Issues

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According to the China’s Ministry of Emergency Management, floods have left 141 people dead or missing, destroyed at least 28,000 homes, affected at least 38 million people and caused around $8.6 billion in economic losses.

As many as 33 rivers have reached record highs, while alerts have been issued for a total of 433 rivers, according to a release by China’s Ministry of Water Resources on July 13. Poyang Lake, formed from the overspill of the Yangtze River, is 2.5 meters higher than its warning level.
The central city of Wuhan, located on the banks of the Yangtze River where COVID-19 emerged late last year, declared red alerts as heavy rain swelled rivers and lakes.

The source of the Yangtze is the Ulan Moron (Wulanmulun) River, which originates in glacial meltwaters on the slopes of the TanggulaMountains in southern Qinghai provinceon the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region.

The longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country.

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam
The Three Gorges Dam has been the world’s largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) since 2012.

China experiences a wet season during the summer months associated with Indian monsoon, but this year has been particularly wet
Recently, a flow of moisture from India, called the Mei-yufront, has been pulling this abnormally strong monsoonal moisture over central and eastern China since early July.