China's Three Gorges Dam could collapse (flooding 400M)

raincom · on June 25, 2020

Facts: (a) water has risen 6 feet above the warning level; (b) satellite images show that dam structure has moved a bit over the years.

Disputed issues: (1) "State experts said the dam had moved a few millimeters, but within the normal safety range.";(2)Independent concrete blocks are not connected to the bedrock below, they’re just sitting on top it.

runawaybottle · on June 25, 2020

China’s state media maintains that the dam is not at risk of collapse, calling it “rumors hyped by some Western media.”

I haven’t really heard much about this in Western media. Is that their goto line for everything?

NathanKP · on June 25, 2020

Also "authorities have evacuated 40,000 locals" yet its also apparently "hyped by some Western media"... classic propaganda double speak

gbraad · on June 25, 2020

This is NTD which is very tainted news that even calls the coronavirus pandemic by a different name

aaron695 · on June 25, 2020

>China's Three Gorges Dam could collapse (flooding 400M) (ntd.com)

This rumour is brought up every year.

It's also obviously not going to flood 400m even if collapses as the current editorialised HN title implies.

Come back when we have something not from NDT