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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

China's worst floods in recent years were in 1998, when more than 2,000 people died and almost 3 million homes were destroyed, mostly along the Yangtze, China's mightiest river. The government has ...

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 ...

In the summer of 1931, an unprecedented calamity unfolded along the Yangtze River basin in eastern China - the 1931 Yangtze River flood, known as one of history's deadliest natural disasters.