Reporter : Yue Wenxiao
Editor : Yuan Mingqing
Publisher : Sound Of Hope
Direct translation
China’s Yangtze River Basin continues to be hit by heavy rains, and the flood gradually advances downstream. The water monitoring information of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River suddenly shut down from the evening of 13 July to 14 July. It returned to normal at 2 am, and the shutdown time was up to 6 hours. Yesterday, a line of flood control personnel told this station that the upper reaches of the Yangtze River may have broken the levee, but the official blockade news.
The Chinese Communist Party's official Yangtze River Hydrology Network is updated at least once an hour to announce the real-time outflow, inflow and latest water levels of the 14 water regime monitoring stations in the Yangtze River Basin. The water output is 18,800 cubic metres per second, but unexpectedly the water intake information suddenly stopped. At 2 am on 14 July, the water monitoring information of the Three Gorges Reservoir returned to normal, and the shutdown time was up to 6 hours.
The Three Gorges Dam has been controversial since its construction. It was accused that not only did it not play a role in flood control, but it also destroyed the ecology and exacerbated various disasters. There have been voices saying that the Three Gorges Dam has been deformed and there is a danger of dam collapse.
Under the continuous heavy rains since June this year, the Three Gorges Dam had secretly discharged the floods before publicly claiming the official flood discharge on 29 June but lied to the outside world for "power generation". The 24 hours full flood discharge also exacerbated the downstream disaster.
Corresponding to the fact that the water regime monitoring information of the Three Gorges Reservoir was once stopped updating, Jiangxi Jiujiang officials yesterday issued an emergency notice requesting the entire town of Jiangzhou to be evacuated. An internal document obtained by this station from the Jiangsu Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters also shows the content that requires the evacuation of personnel from the heart of the Yangtze River. A line of flood control personnel told this station that the upper reaches of the Yangtze River may have broken the levee. The official blockade news, he called on the world to pay attention.
The first-line flood control personnel under the pseudonym "Jin Ming" specially informed that the superior propaganda department issued a notice in these two days, stipulating that it was not allowed to talk about the news of the flood, so what happened to the upstream, whether it broke the fence or not, it is impossible to say anything.
The content of the notice is: transfer to the superior notice, @All comrades, just received the notice request, in the future flood control work related to the dangerous situation disposal and related rain situation, flood situation analysis and other publicity, must be reviewed and approved by the municipal flood control headquarters, without permission Promotional reports and releases!
Jin Ming said that as a front-line defensive officer, he was puzzled by this. The notice was issued temporarily, that is, no news about floods was allowed to leak! What does it mean? If the Three Gorges Dam really fell down, would the people downstream die? What does the government do? You have blocked all the news, and you have nothing to say. All the news about the flood has been blocked. What is this concept!
According to CCP official media reports, many provinces in the Yangtze River Basin have issued red flood warnings, and Poyang Lake continues to be flooded. Jiangxi’s current flood control level 1 response has not been lifted, and it still maintains wartime status. The People’s Daily reported that the Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, and Taihu Lake, in the next 3 days, there may be continued strong convective weather, and there is a high probability of heavy rain and floods.
According to the "Yangtze Evening News" report, the water level of Nanjing in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River exceeded the warning water level and reached the third highest in history, reaching 10.1 meters. The flood control situation in Nanjing is quite grim, the land media video shows. At present, the wetland parks, trails and landscape platforms in the riverside scenic area have been gradually submerged.
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