(Seeing in the June tenth day), July 7, 1995, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River after the founding of the great flood. Since late June

1995, several heavy rain, the main stream of the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake Basin occurrence of large floods. Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said that, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River since the founding of the great flood, Poyang Lake history measured the highest flood level. 19 days since
1995, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the area south of multiple occurrences of heavy rain. Dongting Lake basin has an average rainfall of 196 mm, the Poyang Lake Basin has an average rainfall of 250 mm, an average of 209 mm of rainfall in other regions of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River main stream, in some areas more than 600 millimeters. More rains brought flooding. Xiangjiang River, Dongting Lake watershed, owned water, the Yuanjiang Sanshui and up, Yuanjiang, owned water the middle and lower reaches of the historical highest water level measured. The two lakes sharp rise in the water level, the highest flood level of 21.76 m history measured Poyang Lake July 14. Yangtze River due to the impact of Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake of Hunan and Hubei Recession, plus other tributaries flood import, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River flood. 22 start
6, several sections of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River water level exceeded the warning level, the water level continued to rise, to July 7, Hubei Jianli reach below the water level above the warning level. 8:00 the same day, four water level of the Yangtze River Jianli, Hankou, Jiujiang, Chase, above the warning level of 1.15 to 2.60 meters, Chase hydrological station flow capacity of 74,400 cubic meters per second. Thus, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River since the founding of the great flood. on
7, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters issued this year's first flood communications, notice also said that the main stream of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake water level is still slow up.