I'm the safety manager for a company of over 400 staff and we were informed by the state emergency services that the surrounding areas were expected to flood once the Wivenhoe Dam released excess water around 0200 local time (1600 GMT).
The Chinese government sent about 2, 000 soldiers to make the repairs to Zipingku Dam on Wednesday, fearing that it might collapse and flood the hard-hit city of Dujiangyan, according to a statement on the Sichuan government Web site.
The Tennessee Valley Authority said it was taking the unusual flood-prevention measure of spilling 1.5 million gallons of water per second through the Kentucky Dam near Paducah from the Tennessee River into the Ohio River.
At the height of the flood, engineers feared a bridge on the Pawtuxet was going to collapse, taking with it a nearby dam, which in turn could have taken out another dam.