China flooding death toll rises as surging waters trigger new alerts, dam blasted
2020-07-20 08:50:39 source：Fox news
July 19, 2020
Days of torrential rainfall and expectations for further flooding led China to raise its flood alert level on one river to the second-highest level on Sunday as a dam was blasted to release surging waters.
The Huaihe River Commission of China’s Ministry of Water Resources said the Huai River's ten reservoirs have seen water levels exceeding flood levels by as much as 22 feet, prompting the rise in alert level.
While the Huai River region is now under a Level 3 alert, areas along the Yangtze River have declared the highest flood alerts.
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