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Extreme levels of flood danger were announced in China’s Three Gorges Dam, which recorded the largest flood of water in its history, prompting officials to reassure the public that it would not be damaged. Inflows into the world’s largest hydroelectric dam reach 75m liters of water per second, according to …

Flights on the upper reaches of China’s Yangtze River forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday, threatening a 1,200-year-old world heritage site. Staff, police and volunteers used sandbags to try to protect the 71-meter (233ft) Leshan Giant Buddha, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Sichuan province, …