Dam breach at Dongting Lake, Hunan, prompts urgent evacuation of nearly 6,000 residents amid severe flooding.

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A dam breach at Dongting Lake in Hunan Province led to the urgent evacuation of nearly 6,000 residents. The breach, which spans 226 meters, caused significant flooding, overturning trucks and inundating houses.

Three Gorges was at record levels and triggered a release yesterday.

Sources:

www.dw.com/en/china-dam-breach-forces-almost-6000-people-to-evacuate/a-69582271

www.firstpost.com/world/china-dam-breach-floods-hunan-province-13790078.html

China places 15 provinces on emergency alert as deadly floods make their way north/Includes 3 Gorges DAM province

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China has placed 15 provinces on full emergency alert amid heightened risks of severe flooding with the arrival of the year’s peak rainy season.
Deadly downpours that devastated the south have moved northwards to affect the previously drought-hit central province of Henan as well as northern Hubei province.
On Sunday, four people were killed when their car was swept into a river by flood currents in the city of Suizhou in Hubei, according to the local fire department.

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Suizhou had issued a red rainstorm alert, the most severe level on a four-tier warning system, and recorded up to 150mm (nearly 6 inches) of rain on the day, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

The city of Xiangyang, also in Hubei, issued as many as seven red rainstorm warnings on Sunday, with water levels of 268 reservoirs breaching the upper limit, local authorities said.

www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3270663/china-places-15-provinces-emergency-alert-deadly-floods-make-their-way-north

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