Video PlayerClose NANCHANG, July 12 (Xinhua) — Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake located in the eastern province of Jiangxi, has seen its water level rise to a record high at midnight Sunday, according to the provincial department of water resources. At around 12:00 a.m. Sunday, the water level at the lake’s Xingzi hydrological station rose to 22.53 meters, 0.01 meters higher than the record in 1998, and continued going up, said the department. A recent round of rainfall and upstream inflows have led to a sharp rise in the river water level in Jiangxi. The incessant downpours have also pushed the lake water to exceed warning levels since July 5. So far, 34 hydrological stations in the province have seen water currents exceed warning levels. Xu Weiming, secretary-general with the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters, said the lake area had seen significant improvement in the embankment and flood-resistant equipment compared with 1998 when a devastating flood occurred along the Yangtze River. “We will put the safety of people’s lives in priority and make every effort to battle against the historic floods,” he added. The Changjiang Water Resources Commission issued a red alert for floods in the Poyang… Read full this story
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