The Yangtze flood crest–the sixth so far in a summer that has seen the river’s heaviest flooding in 44 years–threatened waterlogged dikes that protect cities and farmland downstream.

The Yangtze is China’s major river and the longest in Asia as well as the site of the under-construction Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydroelectric project in the world, big enough to flood ...

WHILE New Orleans comes to terms with massive flooding, China is rolling out an early warning and control system to help protect people near the Yangtze river from a similar fate. The system will ...

Flooding has been forecast for the Yangtze River downstream of Dongting Lake, one of China's largest freshwater lakes, with some sections to see water levels prompt warnings for over 10 days ...

The upper reaches of the Yangtze River will be hit by more flooding, Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying said in a statement on the ministry’s website late on Friday.

But when it comes to the annual floods along the Yangtze River and the havoc they wreak on the richest parts of the country, there isn't much people can do. The economic losses caused by floods ...

BEIJING, July 3 (Reuters) - Rising water levels in the Yangtze River following intense rains in southern China have prompted eastern regions downstream to prepare for possible flooding.

Rising water levels in the Yangtze River following intense rains in southern China have prompted eastern regions downstream to prepare for possible flooding. Water levels in the Jiangsu section of ...

WHILE New Orleans comes to terms with massive flooding, China is rolling out an early warning and control system to help protect people near the Yangtze river from a similar fate. The system will ...