Repairing damage to irrigation projects in China after the country's worst flooding in more than two decades will cost about 84 billion yuan ($12.32 billion).
China Daily quoted China's Deputy Minister of Water Resources Diep Kien Xuan as saying at a press conference on September 23 that the damage spread across 28 provincial-level areas, but nearly 80% of them occurred in 10 areas.
Mr. Diep Kien Xuan said that 7 out of 10 areas, including Hubei and Jiangxi provinces, are located in the Yangtze River basin.
"This year's flood situation is the most serious since 1998" - Deputy Minister Diep said.
Mr. Diep said that China has witnessed 21 major floods this rainy season, more than any of the previous 23 years. The average rainfall nationwide since June has been 438 mm, 18% above normal and the highest since 28. 28.
The upstream of the Yangtze River will receive 238 mm of rain from mid- to late August, double the normal rainfall.
According to the Ministry of Water Resources, flood warnings have been activated on 833 major rivers, of which 77 waterways have experienced the most serious floods recorded.
The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River has carried 5 flood peaks during the 2020 flood season. The water level at the Three Gorges Reservoirs reached 167.65 m at 8:00 a.m. on August 22, the highest level since the reservoir was built in 2003.
The reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam saw a flow of 75,000 cubic meters per second at the peak of the flood and a maximum flow of 49,400 cubic meters per second.
