China relocates 2.4 million people ahead of floods

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China relocates 2.4 million people ahead of floods

China has since 1998 moved 620,000 families, or 2.42 million people, from their homes in the Yangtze River Valleys to make way for river water.

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China has since 1998 moved 620,000 families, or 2.42 million people, from their homes in the Yangtze River Valleys to make way for river water.

The year 1998 witnessed the worst floods of the Yangtze River for decades, which prompted China to take active measures to alleviate flood damage.

In 1998, China started building floodwater diversion projects and turning farmland into lakes in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Anhuiprovinces in the Yangtze River Valleys, which led to massive re-locations.

As a result, the water surface of the Yangtze's trunk stream and Poyang and Dongting lakes has been expanded by about 2,900 square kilometers, which helps increase floodwater storage by 13 billion cubic meters, according to the China International Committee for Natural Disasters.

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