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The dam was a pet project of the late Premier Li Peng and a monumental pride of the nation when it blocked and diverted Asias largest river in 1997.
The deformation occurred last Saturday when the flood from western provinces including Sichuan and Chongqing along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River peaked at a record-setting 61,000 cubic meters per second, according to China Three Gorges Corporation, a state-owned enterprise that manages the dam and the sprawling power plant underneath it.
The company noted that parts of the dam had deformed slightly, displacing some external structures, and seepage into the main outlet walls had also been reported throughout the 18 hours on Saturday and Sunday when water was discharged though its outlets.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/frightening-china-admits-three-gorges-dam-moved-ignores-numerous-prior-reports-says-just-happened-last-weekend/
Please consider the source, sorry.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)You can find "before" and "after" images online. I'm sure the recent floods have accelerated the problem.
That dam has displaced so much water that it has altered the earth's rotation slightly:
CHINESE DAM SLOWS DOWN EARTH'S ROTATION
https://www.kinetica.co.uk/2014/03/27/chinese-dam-slows-down-earths-rotation/#:~:text=When%20the%20Three%20Gorges%20Dam,rotation%20to%20move%20more%20slowly.