The giant three gorges dam project on the Yangtze river has been controversial since well before the first concrete was poured.

But the Chinese government isn't taking criticism lying down; it's fighting back with a new plan to mitigate the project's negative effects.

But as Andrew Livingstone reports, it's remaining tight-lipped on just how it will do so.

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One of the world's most massive engineering projects – it was built – in part -to help control one of nature's strongest and most devastating forces – the periodic flooding of the Yangtze River in central China. Now it's facing the toughest test to date – holding back once-in 15 year flood surges that have plagued the region for centuries. Andrew Livingstone reports on the task facing China's Three Gorges Dam

Heavy torrential rain has continued to pound China's southern regions.

In some areas, water levels have reached their highest levels in more than a decade causing a devastation of flooding and landslides that has so far killed more than 100 people and left over a million homeless. BON's Kelda Yuen has more on the latest rain-triggered tragedy in China's Fujian province.

Floods, storms, drought, snow. Weather wise- It’s been a strange year so far in many parts of China. On July 22nd, the city of Zhouqu in Gansu Province experienced the heaviest rain in the region’s history. The rain caused a catastrophic landslide that killed more than 1,400 people, with an additional 300 people reported missing. And what is strange is that the northwest Gansu is traditionally a dry area. Meanwhile, the Three Gorges dam in the Yangtze river witnessed its most intense flooding since its establishment. In July, the Dam reached a flood peak of 70,000 cubic meters per second exceeding even the Yangtze River Floods back in 1998 that caused thousands of casualties.

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