At 14:00 on July 27, the inflow of the Three Gorges Reservoir reached 60,000 cubic meters per second, and the outbound flow reached 38,800 cubic meters per second, with a flood-cutting peak of 36.7%.
Affected by heavy rainfall in the Jialing River, Mintuo River, Wujiang River, Fujiang River and the Three Gorges area in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the flow of the Three Gorges Reservoir increased rapidly from 36,000 cubic meters per second to 50,000 cubic meters per second from 2:00 to 12:00 on July 26 , The Hydrology Bureau of the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission officially announced at 14:00 on July 26: "The Yangtze River 2020 No. 3 Flood" has formed in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
According to the latest dispatch order of the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission, the Three Gorges Project will control the discharge of 38,000 cubic meters per second to reduce the pressure on flood control in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. (Edited by Zhou Xingliang, Guo Xiaoying and Dong Xiaobin)
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]