The Three Gorges Dam was built on the Yangtze River and is known as the most powerful dam by hydroelectric capacity to date. It stretches over 2,300 meters and rises 181 meters. Completed in 2006 ...

A worst-case collapse of China’s Three Gorges Dam sounds like a nightmare: a wall of water racing down the Yangtze, overwhelming cities like Wuhan and Shanghai, crippling a basin that powers about 40 ...