Some road sections and communities were submerged. Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 15:08 By Li Wenfang in Guangzhou Rescuers build a temporary dyke to stop floodwater from flowing into Jiangjialing village in Poyang county, east China's Jiangxi province, July 11, 2020. I couldn't lift my mother out of bed. The island of USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) as viewed from an MH-60 that was dumping water to assist the firefighters battling the now day old fire. Farmer Ma Youxi recounts the sudden flood in July that enveloped his home in Hekoujie village as he takes his water buffalos out for a swim.MA YOUXI: (Through interpreter) We only know when the dams release water. ... Changsha, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, were canceled or delayed. The regime would be nervous about widespread panic and loss of confidence in the government, while the PLA grappled with losing a sizable portion of its combat strength to the floods. China Dam Collapse Could Be Black Swan Event For 94,000 Aging Structures. I could barely walk because the ground turned to slippery mud.FENG: So Zeng put his bedridden, 81-year-old mother in a large, plastic washbasin and pushed her into a rescue boat. ... 2020. The effect on global shipping would be akin to a waterlogged train wreck stretching for thousands of miles as some of China’s most important ports would flood, and the panicked reaction of the government in Beijing and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would be difficult to predict. The ministry described the current flood control situation as “severe” and warned “the new peak may appear later,” with at least three more days of torrential rain on tap.According to Chinese officials, the water level in the Three Gorges reservoir is currently just under 160 meters, down from a high of 164.18 meters last week. To China now, where vast swaths of the country are being hammered by flooding. Residents say many of these floods were caused by deliberate discharges from dams made without warning because Communist Party officials were too proud to admit that emergency measures might be needed — which is exactly how Three Gorges Dam officials are behaving right now, according to skeptics of their confident pronouncements., if the Three Gorges Dam fails, the hundred-meter tidal wave it releases will be moving at well over sixty miles per hour, and would hit the first major city below the dam in less than 30 minutes. A week after the flood, he gives me a tour of his earthen home just outside the city of Hefei. On 27 June, a 3-hour heavy rainfall of 118-millimetre (4.6 in) was recorded in Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone, of which 94-millimetre (3.7 in) was recorded during 1.5 h from 17:30 p.m. to 19:00 p.m., which was rare for many years. The flood that reached Three Gorges on Tuesday originated in two lakes that have been flooded above the danger level for over 20 days.The article noted that Chinese regulators are growing very serious about safety and building code violations, going so far the swift and complete demolition of several commercial structures built improperly along a dike on the Qinhuai River. She points to the dark swath of mildew that now grows on her wall and nearly extends to the ceiling. Some residents living below the dam there have been more unreported discharges and worry that officials could decide to vent uncontrollable floodwaters on them if the integrity of the showpiece hydroelectric dam is threatened. An even larger surge was expected by Tuesday evening. We were stuck in our house for days with only some bread, water and instant noodles.FENG: Like almost all the others, Tang Anfeng's home in Hekou village is now surrounded by submerged fields and damp furniture, a layer of scummy water covering her lost harvest. His official acknowledgment of China’s worst flooding in decades has been minimal. Local residents are complaining about “mismanaged flood systems, lack of government accountability and unequal treatment of the rural poor, who bear most of the flood burden,” while outside experts warn the Chinese might be paying a terrible price for “over-reliance on dams, excessive construction in low-lying areas, land reclamation in wetlands and lakes, and cities built with poor drainage systems.”One of the almost universal complaints from Chinese civilians affected by this year’s flooding is that they were given no warning before emergency evacuations were called, or floodwaters came rushing in, sometimes blasting into houses in the small hours of the morning. And so nature is getting the best of us.FENG: Those living downstream in Anhui, mostly in sparse, rural communities, know this hard truth, which Li Huanian, a resident of Hekou village, explains.LI HUANIAN: (Through interpreter) If the dams don't release water and flood us, even more people will be doomed.FENG: Whether due to climate change or an accident of nature, heavier rainfall means precarious existence for the 450 million Chinese residents who live along the mighty Yangtze River or its many tributaries. That city has a population of roughly four million. Water management experts say China's dam-building spree has exacerbated these seasonal floods. Floods 2020 has proven to be one of the worst Asian Monsoon seasons in history. China warned that the worst of the deluges that have led millions to be evacuated may be yet to come, after a third wave of floods formed in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River on Sunday. The walls are now falling down.FENG: Zeng is among the estimated 3.7 million people displaced or evacuated across China due to flooding. Rain totals are more than 200% above the past 11 year average in China, but they are not alone, with additional massive flooding striking Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia and both North and South Korea. By this time of year, the rice growing on Bao Wentao's family farm should have been ready to harvest. But the engineering is not able to cope with nature. His troubles did not end there. More than 1.2 million people have been affected by severe flooding in southern China’s Guangdong province, according to state-run media.