Three Gorges Dam failure: China's record drought in 6 decades reveals reason

This summer, Sichuan Province, Chongqing City, and surrounding areas suffered from extreme weather, such as continuous high temperatures and drought. And the role played by the massive Three Gorges Dam attracted attention again.

At a press conference in late August, the Ministry of Water Resources of China stated that since July, most of the Yangtze River Basin, the longest river in China, has continued to have high temperatures and little rainfall. Therefore, the surface area of ​​Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake decreased by 3/4 compared with June.