The area includes parts of four provinces and several major cities with a total population of almost 100 million. Tens of thousands have al...

Heavy rain and high water levels in northeastern China are threatening cities downstream, prompting evacuations of thousands. Hebei provinc...

China's disaster-response systems are being tested as the aftermath of Typhoon Doksuri has left record rainfall in Beijing and Hebei. The c...

At least 11 people have died and 27 are missing following heavy rainfall in Beijing. The downpour submerged roads and flooded neighbourhood...

Heavy flooding caused by continuous rain has resulted in the displacement of thousands of people in China, while the capital, Beijing, expe...

Moreover, China is also planning to build an airport near this dam to assist the Chinese Air force movement alongside.With the occupation o...

The prolonged drought in southwest China has exposed the vulnerability of hydropower-dependent regions such as Sichuan to falling water lev...

Rainfall in the Yangtze basin has been around 45% lower than normal since July, and high temperatures are likely to persist for at least an...

Water levels reached historic highs in 53 rivers during China's summer last year, according to China's ministry of water resources, as auth...

Plans call for the 289-meter-tall (954-foot-tall) Baihetan Dam to have 16 generating units with a capacity of 1 million kilowatts each. Tha...

The Three Gorges project is a multi-functional water-control system, consisting of a 2,309-metre-long and 185-metre-high dam, a five-tier s...

An Indian is among eight foreigners who are missing along with 14 others when a tugboat sank off the Yangtze River in China's east Jiangsu ...

Four from Singapore and one each from India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan were among the 25 people aboard the boat when it capsized.

With a much smaller capacity, Brazil's Itaipu hydroelectric plant had long been the champion of world hydropower generation.

The Three Gorges power plant generated a record 98.1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2012, according to an official announcement.

Chinese scientists have completed a comprehensive satellite study of cross-border Tibetan rivers determining their exact sources besides me...

On a cruise down the famous river, ET correspondent sees that time is running out for a swathe of Chinese history as the Three Gorges Dam n...