Officials say Three Gorges Dam safe despite record flood crest
By Jin Zhu in Beijing, Xu Wei in Chongqing and Zhou Lihua in Wuhan | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-25 08:10
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A woman takes a picture in water as flooding hits Southwest China's Chongqing municipality on Tuesday. Li Wenbin / for China Daily |
The Three Gorges Dam experienced a flood crest, the largest since it began storing water, between Tuesday night and early Wednesday, but flood control authorities promised the dam was safe.
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