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Chongqing on high alert for flooding
2020-08-19
Source:chinadaily
Author:Guo Xu
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![An aerial view of Nanbin Road, Chongqing, hit by severe flooding due to recent heavy downpours in the upper reaches of Yangtze and Jialing rivers on Tuesday. The top level emergency response for floods was triggered. [Photo by Guo Xu/for chinadaily.com.cn]Chongqing is facing its biggest potential flood since 1981 as its flood control and drought relief headquarters upgraded the alert level from Level II to Level I, the most serious of China](http://www.facts.org.cn/resources/facts/image/2020/08/22/1736449.jpeg)
![An aerial view of Nanbin Road, Chongqing, hit by severe flooding due to recent heavy downpours in the upper reaches of Yangtze and Jialing rivers on Tuesday. The top level emergency response for floods was triggered. [Photo by Guo Xu/for chinadaily.com.cn]](http://www.facts.org.cn/resources/facts/image/2020/08/22/1736446.jpeg)
![An aerial view of Nanbin Road, Chongqing, hit by severe flooding due to recent heavy downpours in the upper reaches of Yangtze and Jialing rivers on Tuesday. The top level emergency response for floods was triggered. [Photo by Guo Xu/for chinadaily.com.cn]](http://www.facts.org.cn/resources/facts/image/2020/08/22/1736447.jpeg)
![An aerial view of Nanbin Road, Chongqing, hit by severe flooding due to recent heavy downpours in the upper reaches of Yangtze and Jialing rivers on Tuesday. The top level emergency response for floods was triggered. [Photo by Guo Xu/for chinadaily.com.cn]](http://www.facts.org.cn/resources/facts/image/2020/08/22/1736448.jpeg)
![An aerial view of Nanbin Road, Chongqing, hit by severe flooding due to recent heavy downpours in the upper reaches of Yangtze and Jialing rivers on Tuesday. The top level emergency response for floods was triggered. [Photo by Guo Xu/for chinadaily.com.cn]To ensure safety, the Chongqing Maritime Safety Administration has banned all vessels since Monday from waters between Shipan, 824 kilometers upriver on the Yangtze, and Guanyintan, 488 km upriver, as well as from Huanghuayuan Bridge to Chaotianmen Port.It was estimated that the highest water level at the Beibei No 3 station of the Jialing in Beibei district would exceed safe water levels by up to 1 meter on Wednesday, with the maximum water level at Ciqikou station in Shapingba district exceeding safe levels by 7.5 to 8.5 meters by noon.The current outflow of Three Gorges reservoir has increased from 42,000 to 46,000 cubic meters per second, and the outflow of Xiangjiaba Dam has decreased from 6,300 to 4,000 cubic meters per second to relieve flood pressure in Chongqing.The flood](http://www.facts.org.cn/resources/facts/image/2020/08/22/1736450.jpeg)
![An aerial view of Nanbin Road, Chongqing, hit by severe flooding due to recent heavy downpours in the upper reaches of Yangtze and Jialing rivers on Tuesday. The top level emergency response for floods was triggered. [Photo by Guo Xu/for chinadaily.com.cn]](http://www.facts.org.cn/resources/facts/image/2020/08/22/1736451.jpeg)
![An aerial view of Nanbin Road, Chongqing, hit by severe flooding due to recent heavy downpours in the upper reaches of Yangtze and Jialing rivers on Tuesday. The top level emergency response for floods was triggered. [Photo by Guo Xu/for chinadaily.com.cn]](http://www.facts.org.cn/resources/facts/image/2020/08/22/1736452.jpeg)
![An aerial view of Nanbin Road, Chongqing, hit by severe flooding due to recent heavy downpours in the upper reaches of Yangtze and Jialing rivers on Tuesday. The top level emergency response for floods was triggered. [Photo by Guo Xu/for chinadaily.com.cn]](http://www.facts.org.cn/resources/facts/image/2020/08/22/1736453.jpeg)