Great Chinese Flooding 2020 - How It Was

In 2020, China experienced its largest flood in decades. And according to some estimates, this is the largest flood in the history of the country. It all started at the end of June 2020, when powerful, incessant downpours hit China. As a result, rivers began to overflow their banks and flood the surrounding areas. The situation was especially difficult in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Hubei. Heavy rains caused the water level in the Yangtze River, the largest in China, to rise above critical levels by more than 7 meters. Tens of thousands of residents were evacuated in the affected areas. The infrastructure of the settlements has been destroyed - there is no electricity or drinking water. The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei Province in central China has experienced the worst series of floods since its construction in 2003. All 10 spillways were involved, reaching a flow of 48,000 cubic meters per second, also the largest discharge since the dam. The flood damage is still being calculated and is c