Yangtze River's No. 2 flood passes Three Gorges Dam

A staff member inspects the Three Gorges Dam as floodwater is discharged from the hydraulic structure in central China's Hubei Province. The second flood of China's Yangtze River this year has smoothly passed the Three Gorges Dam on Sunday as the inflow into the reservoir has decreased. The Three Gorges reservoir saw an inflow of 46,000 cubic meters per second at 8 p.m. Sunday, compared with a peak of 61,000 cubic meters per second, which appeared at 8 a.m. Saturday and lasted for 18 hours. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)