During the period of 1998, floods occurred in the Yangtze River basin. The highest water level in Jiujiang City is 23.02 meters, and the over-warning water level is 3.53 meters. On August 7th 13: 50, the dike burst between Gate 4 and Gate 5 in Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River is about 30m. At that time, the water level of Waijiang River was 22.82 meters. After the breach, the officers and men guarding the dike and the local people struggled to rescue the breach and successfully blocked the breach on August 12.

Extended data:

1998 Main causes of floods in Jiujiang and Xinzhou, Jiangxi Province

1, the flood is too large, the flood level exceeds the top of the dike, and the dike body softens and breaks after being soaked in high water level for a long time;

2. Flood control measures, such as poor inspection of dikes, inadequate preparation of emergency equipment and wrong rescue methods;

3. The quality problems of dike engineering lead to dike failure.

Reference source:

People's Network-Jiujiang, Jiangxi: Carry forward the spirit of fighting floods and build the most beautiful coastline of the Yangtze River.

Baidu encyclopedia-1998 catastrophic flood