Two Chinese Provinces Sacrificed to Save Wuhan and Three Gorges Dam

This photo taken on July 19, 2020 shows a person taking photos while water is released from the Three Gorges Dam, a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze river, to relieve flood pressure in Yichang, central China's Hubei province. - Rising waters across central and eastern China have left over 140 people dead or missing, and floods have affected almost 24 million since the start of July, according to the ministry of emergency management. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images

At 8:20 a.m. of July 20, in preparation for an upcoming flood peak, the Three Gorges Dam opened seven spillways to release water, despite the fact that water levels downstream are already at emergency levels.

Chinese authorities also started to break dikes in Jiangxi and Anhui provinces to divert the downstream floods, otherwise, Wuhan would become an “ocean city” and its 11 million residents will be stuck in deep water.