By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China has broken ground on what it says will be the world's largest hydropower project, ...

China has started construction of what would be the world’s largest hydropower dam. Chinese Premier Li Qiang on July 19 led a ...

The Three Gorges Dam, ... The Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Thursday raised the flood emergency response to level 3 in the four-tier response system in which level 1 is the most ...

"One of the major justifications for the Three Gorges Dam was flood control, but less than 20 years after its completion we have the highest floodwater in recorded history," said David Shankman, ...

China has approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, just north of Arunachal Pradesh, triggering alarm in India over flood risks, water flow ...

The Three Gorges Dam in China is a structure so huge that it controls one of the world's most powerful rivers—and even slightly slows down the Earth’s rotation. ... A Lifesaver for Flood Control.

Explore the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s most powerful dam, which has a reservoir so massive it even affects the Earth’s rotation. This video delves into its construction process, the reason ...

Discover the top 10 largest dams in the world in 2025. Learn about their locations, capacities, purposes, and unique features that showcase engineering excellence and support global energy and water ...

After the Flood. Photoessay on Three Gorges Dam on China's mighty Yangtze River; dam is world's largest in terms of water displacement, flood control and power generation; could restrain summer ...