7月20日,流量达到每秒7万立方米的洪峰顺利通过三峡大坝。这也是三峡水库自去年基本建成之后迎来的第一次特大洪水。洪水经三峡大坝拦截后,出库流量减少到4万立方米每秒。中国长江三峡集团公司董事长、党组书记曹广晶在接受本刊记者采访时说,这次洪水的峰值虽然比1998年、1954年更大,但是持续时间并不长,洪水总量 July 20, the peak flow of 70,000 cubic meters per second passed the Three Gorges Dam. This is also the first extraordinary flood that the Three Gorges Reservoir ushered in since its basic completion last year. Floods intercepted by the Three Gorges Dam, the reservoir flow to 40,000 cubic meters per second. Cao Guangjing, chairman of the China Three Gorges Corporation and party secretary, said in an interview with the reporter: Although the peak of the flood was larger than in 1998 and 1954, the duration of flood was not long.