CHONGQING – Cities along China’s Yangtze River, which have already suffered billions of dollars in flood damage, have been for more degrees of water at the peak of the Three Gorges Dam on Saturday.
Prime Minister Li Keqiang visited Tongnan District, a district of Chongqing, along a flood-affected tributary of the Yangtze River to examine the damage. “Let’s paint hands to succeed over this mess, ” he said. “If you have problems, please speak.”
Water grades continue along the middle course of China’s longest river, with entrances to the Three Gorges Dam reaching 75,000 cubic feet. meters of water consistent with the second. The Chinese government predicted Wednesday that the floods would peak on Saturday at 165 meters. To restrict the increase, 11 valves were opened on Thursday, one more than before, bringing the outflow to a record 49,000 cubic feet. meters consistent with the second.
The 185-meter-high dam, completed in May 2006, carries electricity to much of China, adding Shanghai and Zhejiang, Anhui and Guangdong provinces. Li said on vacation to Tongnan that the government would work temporarily to help people affected by the floods, strengthen the follow-up of the dam and announce the economic recovery.
Chongqing, at the top of the Yangtze River, faces the worst flooding recorded, with water levels exceeding the peak of 1981 and more than 260,000 people affected. Roads along the river were submerged and some 20,000 retail establishments were damaged. But water levels began to drop after peaking on Thursday morning.
In western Sichuan Province, another 3.41 million people in some 20 autonomous cities and prefectures, as well as Chengdu and Leshan, were affected by flooding. The direct economic losses of the disaster, which added to crops and advertising facilities, reached 16.4 billion yuan ($2.37 billion). Another 120,000 people are affected in the neighbouring province of Gansu, with damage amounting to three hundred million yuan.
Flooding threatens to disrupt japan’s numerous corporations operating along the Yangtze River, adding shipping and spare parts to and from Shanghai and Guangdong Province.
“River transport has stopped in portions of the Yangtze River, and as some roads are flooded, we have switched to modes of transport of choice, such as the railway,” said a representative of the logistics company Nippon Express.
Meanwhile, many production facilities controlled by automakers and brands of electrical appliances are located on the upper floor away from the river and appear unaffected by flooding. Isuzu Motors, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Nippon Steel Engineering said it would not affect production.
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