In 1975, China’s Banqiao Dam — designed to withstand a “10,000-year flood” — collapsed under the force of Supertyphoon Nina.
The Three Gorges Project has solidified its role as a multi-functional backbone of China’s Yangtze River management, delivering extensive benefits in prime areas: flood control, water ...
PARONG, India (Reuters) -India fears a planned Chinese mega-dam in Tibet will reduce water flows on a major river by up to 85% during the dry season, according to four sources familiar with the matter ...
Today, there are over 30,000 dams in the world. Most of them are created according to standard projects and are designed to help the population with agriculture. But one of them is completely unique ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -At least 10 people died in a flash flood in northern China, state media reported on Sunday, with two others still missing, as the East Asian monsoon continues to unleash atmospheric ...
China has begun construction on the world's largest hydropower dam, a project so massive that Premier Li Qiang called it the "project of the century." But the dam could also create a big problem for ...
Super Typhoon Ragasa caused devastating damage to East Asia, killing at least 20 people and displacing close to 2 million people in the deadly path that peaked in the Philippines, Taiwan, and down to ...