China’s hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam is being pushed to the limit by new floods ravaging the Yangtze River. Cities like Chongqing have seen record breaking flooding, and a 1,200 year old Buddha statue (the Leshan Giant Buddha) is at risk, as 100,000 people in the area have been forced to evacuate.

PHOTO CREDIT: Three Gorges Dam, downstream side – By gugganij – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=943961