3 Gorges Dam collapse, Mud floods and landslide hit china creating extreme flooding

3 Gorges Dam collapse, Mud floods and landslide hit china creating extreme flooding. Landslide destroys dam in Three Gorges region, When a landslip destroyed the Lifengyuan Hydropower Station in Hubei province’s Zigui county in early September, it was the first time the Three Gorges region had seen one of its electricity-generating dams wiped out. But the collapse forms part of a growing nationwide trend as dam reservoirs and construction destabilise the terrain around China’s hydropower stations.