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China Observer - Vision Times Since July 6, China's Yangtze River basin has been plagued by torrential rains. Due to the release of floodwater from the Three Gorges Dam and a number of dams upstream, the water level of Poyang Lake in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Jiangxi is rising, resulting in the burst of many dam’s banks. On July 11, the embankment of Poyang Lake in Guilin Village burst. 2 days prior, the Zhongzhou polder in Poyang County collapsed, and the breach of th