China丨Three Gorges Dam opens floodgates

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The Three Gorges Dam has opened its flood discharge gates for the first time this year, with the aim of alleviating flood control concerns upstream of the world's largest hydropower project as the rain shifts westward along the Yangtze River. ▲ Rescuers use a bulldozer to evacuate people trapped in floodwaters in Dianjiang county, Chongqing, on Thursday. Six people died after extremely heavy rain hit the county. GONG CHANGHAO/FOR CHINA DAILY The speed of discharge from two sluice gates of the dam in Yichang, Hubei province, which were opened on Wednesday, will gradually increase from 27,000 cubic meters per second to 31,000 cubic m/s, according to the Ministry of Water Resources. A forecast on Wednesday said the upper reaches of the Yangtze would swell remarkably in the following week due to continuous downpours in the next 10 days in Sichuan province and Chongqing. A forecast from the National Meteorological Center shows that a vast stretch of regions in the Yangtze's upper reaches, ………………………………