The Three Gorges Dam, spanning the Yangtze River in China, is the world’s largest ... it could result in catastrophic flooding affecting millions downstream . Despite these risks, the Chinese ...

This comes as northern China battles severe drought ... authorities remain on high alert, fearing that the current flooding could surpass the devastation seen in July 2012, when 79 people lost ...

Flooding in southwestern China has destroyed dozens of roads and homes. Yunnan province's mountainous Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture had 27 houses damaged and 16 bridges damaged or destroyed as of ...

Specifically, the intense rainfalls were generated by the low-pressure moist current from the south-east ... risk also has human-caused roots.” China has built a number of large water projects to ...