Predicted Hankow, June 18, "The present Yellow River flood threatens to become the worst flood disaster in Chinese history," said the spokesman of the Yellow River Conservancy Board today.
"The Yellow River," he continued, "attains its highest level in early August, when the flow reaches 20,000 cubic metres a second, while the present flow is only from 4,000 to 5,000 cubic metres a second. The present water level is still 1} metres below the record mark, The extent of the flood can be imagined when August comes," the spokesman went "AL present," he revealed, "the Yellow River flood waters flow into the Chialu. River and then into the Yin River, When the river level rises, however, it will probably also flow from Kaifeng into the Ko River, via the Huichi River. The Yin and Ko Rivers are all tributaries of the Hwai River, and both meet Hwaiyuan, ' north-west of Pengpu. The flood waters will pour into Hungtseh Lake, at Wubohsien, then enter "the Yangtze River, via the Grand Canal," the spokesman said, The Yellow River flood," he predicted, "will affect northeast Honan, north Klangsr and north Anhwei provinces. All the Hwai River districts will be affected. This joining of the Yellow, Hwai and Yangtze Rivers may cause one of the worst flood disasters in Chinese history," he concluded, the central part of Tsinyang from being affected.
'A similar threat, was being felt at Menghsien, near the famous ford across the Yellow River, anid at Wen-hsien, 30 kilometres to the east. Breaches in the embankments of Yellow River tributaries had been made at these two points, the reports said,
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