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Water gushes out from the Three Gorges Dam through nine of its flood discharge gates to spare more capacity for incoming floods from upper reaches of the Yangtze River, in central China's Hubei Province, July 15, 2024. (Photo by Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua)

Water gushes out from the Three Gorges Dam through nine of its flood discharge gates to spare more capacity for incoming floods from upper reaches of the Yangtze River, in central China's Hubei Province, July 15, 2024. (Photo by Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua)

Water gushes out from the Three Gorges Dam through nine of its flood discharge gates to spare more capacity for incoming floods from upper reaches of the Yangtze River, in central China's Hubei Province, July 15, 2024. (Photo by Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua)

Water gushes out from the Three Gorges Dam through nine of its flood discharge gates to spare more capacity for incoming floods from upper reaches of the Yangtze River, in central China's Hubei Province, July 15, 2024. (Photo by Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua)

Water gushes out from the Three Gorges Dam through nine of its flood discharge gates to spare more capacity for incoming floods from upper reaches of the Yangtze River, in central China's Hubei Province, July 15, 2024. (Photo by Wang Huifu/Xinhua)