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Three Gorges Dam

July 22, 2010 A TIME'S MEMORY: China's Three Gorges Dam Withstands Peak Flood Test Send by Giuseppe Michieli New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): The Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River was holding up against its first major flood-control test Tuesday, officials of the China Three Gorges Corporation said. The dam project stood its biggest [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 21, 2010 Three Gorges Dam Send by sscisco29 At least 146 people have been confirmed dead and some 40 are missing since the start of July after landslides and flooding in storm-hit regions across China. Many victims are from the hilly terrain around Chongqing, the city located upstream on the western end of the 640-kilometer-long reservoir created by the Three Gorges Dam.All told, some 124,00 [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 21, 2010 Three Gorges Probe - Three Gorges Dam News Service - Sanxia News Posted by Marianne Puni independent analysis of Three Gorges Dam. [...] The Three Gorges Probe site has moved! English · Chinese version. Select your language from the list. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 21, 2010 China's Three Gorges Dam Under Fire - TIME Posted by Marianne Puni 12 Oct 2007 [...] Senior officials in Beijing are now grumbling that the megaproject on the Yangtze is turning into an environmental nightmare. Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 China Says Controversial Dam Position Amid Floods | Find Free Articles Posted by Marianne Puni The giant Three Gorges Dam, which spans the Yangtze River in China in Yichang, Hubei Province, has withstood the test is greater than their capacity to control floods since completion in 2009, according to a senior official. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Death Toll Mounts Following China Floods | DailyQi Send by Qi Staff The controversial Three Gorges Dam withstood its first real test since competition when a flood surge sent a record 70000 cubic meters of water slamming against the dam every second, Wednesday. Officials say the dam has prevented [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Three Gorges Dam Receives Spotlight! Send by Michael The debate about the construction of Three Gorges dam started a decade ago. Three Gorges dam project in 1992. The turbines of the Three Gorges dam are not running at present. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Three Gorges Dam Standing Firm Posted by Marianne Puni China?s Three Gorges Dam has withstood the biggest test of its short life, after seeing its biggest flood crest since it was completed in 2009. With speeds of 70,000 cubic meters per second, flood waters hit the Three Gorges Dam early this week. That?s 20,000 cubic meters per second more than the fl [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Pictures Of The Day: July 20 Send by Wall Street Journal (blog) (ZUMApress.com) RIVER LITTER: A litter-cleaning vessel removed floating garbage Tuesday in front of China's Three Gorges Dam before opening the dam's gates [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 China's Three Gorges Dam Buffers Worst Flood In Decades [People's ... Send by ?? Flood waters are sluiced with the water outflux monitored at 40000 cubic meters per second at Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, July 20, 2010. China's Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River stood its [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 On Tour With Tamar Kaprelian | HassyUSA Send by andyryan His early work shows a social consciousness and interest in international affairs, Ryan documented the civilian crisis in Iraq in 1991 and 1996, in 1996 the refugee camps of the Gaza Strip as well as the Three Gorges Dam and the Crack [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 The Three Gorges Dam And The Dogshit Government That Built It ... Send by Brian Micklethwait (London) And even if they failed to argue about the Three Gorges Dam properly beforehand, it would be better than nothing to at least have a bit of a public row about it now. At least that way, some harsh lessons might be learned and spread [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 23, 2010 In A Hurry Send by Business Standard BASF's new plant close to the Three Gorges dam was delayed on environmental concerns. Intervention from above may speed that up. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 21, 2010 China Three Gorges Dam Faces Major Flood Test - The China Post Posted by Marianne Puni China's massive Three Gorges dam is facing a major test of the flood control function that was one of the key justifications for its construction, as [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 China Is Suffering The Worst Flood In Decade Posted by Marianne Puni This flood would be the worst that ever happened in China. It affected more than 7 million hectares of farmland and destroyed 645,000 houses, hit 27 provinces and municipalities, 110 million people and 8.06 million people had been relocated. Economic losses had reached 142.2 billion yuan (20.88 bill [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Three Gorges Dam Send by Florin The Blogger: China&39s Three Gorges dam faces flood test The Three Gorges dam on China's longest river the Yangtze is standing up to its biggest flood control test since completion last year officials say. Floodwaters in the giant [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 BBC News - China's Three Gorges Dam Faces Flood Test Posted by Marianne Puni The Three Gorges dam on China's longest river, the Yangtze, is standing up to its biggest flood control test since completion last year, officials have said. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Floods, Landslides Kill 37 In Central China | Otago Daily Times ... Posted by Marianne Puni Rescuers in China were searching on Tuesday for 30 people buried in landslides as flood waters from days of heavy rain surged past the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 21, 2010 China Floods: 700 Killed, Worst Death Toll In Over A Decade Posted by Marianne Puni BEIJING ? More than 1,000 people have died or disappeared in severe flooding in China so far this year, and the heaviest rains are still to come, a senior official warned Wednesday. This year's floods, which have caused tens of billions of dollars in damage already, have exacted the highest death to [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 China Prepares For Massive Flood - IndiaVision News Posted by Marianne Puni With a major flood brewing at the upper reaches of the Yangtze river, officials of the Three Gorges dam, country's main reservoir, have forecast the onset of floods as huge as those in 1998. The peak flow of the coming flood has been [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Satellite Images Of China's Three Gorges Dam Send by News Upon completion in 2009, the Three Gorges Dam along China's Yangtze River will be the world's largest hydroelectric power generator and one of the few man-made structures so enormous that it's actually visible to the naked eye from [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Chinese Villagers Helpless In Face Of Devastating Floods ? BBC ... Send by News Watchdog Service Record flood peak hits China's Three Gorges dam The Hindu Three Gorges dam faces major flood test The Guardian Three Gorges area faces ?biggest challenge? Xinhua NECN. (add our link to your website. Click link exchagne to add your link. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 China's Three Gorges Dam Withstands Peak Flood Test Posted by Marianne Puni THE Three Gorges Dam on China's Yangtze River was holding up against its first major flood-control test today, said officials of the China Three Gorges Corporation. The flow on the river's upper reaches topped 70000 cubic meters a [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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