Flood peak passes through Yangtze

WUHAN: Water level at Hankou hydrologic station in central China, a crucial point of the Yangtze River, dropped Monday, as the flood peak passed through the section, according to the Bureau of Hydrology of the Changjiang Water Resources Commission.
Statistics provided by the bureau showed that the Hankou station in Hubei Province registered a water level of 28.74 meters at 5:00 p.m. Monday, lower than the peak of 28.77 measured at 11:00 p.m. Sunday. – Agencies