Its such a sarcasm that the 3 Gorges dam ,originally built to
harness more energy and control flooding in China , have been
unable to resolve the recent flooding in china
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110617-284611.html
BEIJING - China has mobilised troops to help with flood relief
and raised its disaster alert to the highest level after days of
downpours forced the evacuation of more than half a million people
in central and southern provinces.
More than 555,000 people had been evacuated in seven provinces
and a municipality after rains in recently drought-stricken areas
caused floods and mudslides in the Yangtze River basin, the
official China Daily said.
State media said that as of Thursday evening, floods caused by
the most recent four days of rain had resulted in 19 deaths and
left seven missing in Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan,
Sichuan and Guizhou provinces and Chongqing municipality.
China raised its disaster alert to the highest level 4, and the
government is describing the floods in some areas, such as eastern
Zhejiang province's Qianting River area, as the worst since
1955.
Two dikes in the province were breached on Thursday, flooding
two towns and 21 villages, Xinhua news agency said.
The official death toll caused by floods and mudslides since
June 3 has not been updated since Wednesday, when state media said
at least 105 people had been killed and 65 were missing.
Forecasters warned on Thursday that in the coming days rain
could bring fresh danger, including in the southwest. The downpours
are not expected to ease until Sunday.
In Jiangxi province in the east, troops helped 122,400 residents
move from vulnerable, low-lying areas, the China News Service
reported on Thursday.
State media have not given a total number of troops mobilised
for the relief effort.
In central Hubei province, downpours two days ago triggered a
landslide that left six people missing and blocked the Pingdu
River, forcing 2,000 residents to flee in case a wall of water
burst through the mud and debris.