China Top 10 National Meteorological Disasters in 2012 (10)

（People's Daily Online） 08:06, January 18, 2013

Flood water is discharged from spillways of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, July 25, 2012. The biggest flood peak in nine years smoothly passed the Three Gorges Dam as the water flowing into the dam receded on Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

Edited and translated by Wang Xin, People's Daily Online.

China Meteorological Administration released the “Top 10 National Meteorological Disasters in 2012” on Jan. 14, 2013. And the severe rainstorm in Beijing on July 21, 2012 ranks the top.

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