{"id":26627,"date":"2008-01-17T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-17T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:36:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:36:10","slug":"1627-yangtze-water-levels-at-historic-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1627-yangtze-water-levels-at-historic-low\/","title":{"rendered":"Yangtze water levels at historic low"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hardest hit areas are in China&rsquo;s humid south, where water levels on several other major rivers have reached historic lows in recent months.  <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This year&rsquo;s drought is rare&hellip; just days ago, I saw ship after ship running aground. I have never seen that before,&rdquo; Li Changmin, a farmer from central Hubei province, was quoted as saying. <\/p>\n<p>Drought and floods are perennial problems in China but meteorologists report increasingly extreme weather, pointing to global climate change as a culprit. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Large amounts of water were stored at the Three Gorges Dam last month, which caused the flow volume in the river to fall 50 percent,&rdquo; reported the China Daily. &ldquo;But the Yangtze River Water Resource Commission said the drought has nothing to do with the dam.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>See<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alertnet.org\/thenews\/newsdesk\/PEK30130.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> full story  <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&rsquo;s longest river, the Yangtze, is suffering from a severe drought this year, with water levels in some areas falling to the lowest in 142 years, Reuters reported state media as saying on 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