1. The Passaic and its tributaries were expected to reach flood peak Sunday night or early Monday morning. 2. A flood peak rolled through this port city along the swollen Yangtze River early Tuesday, threatening to burst dikes sodden by more than a month of flooding. 3. A powerful Yangtze River flood peak passed through the major industrial city of Wuhan without incident Monday, but the misery of serious flooding continued elsewhere in central China. 4. But another flood peak was headed downriver toward the flood zones, state radio reported. 5. Officials were monitoring the Yellow River as a rain-fed flood peak moved through Henan and Shandong provinces, China Central Television reported Tuesday. 6. The China Daily disclosed that levees had also been breached in at least three places in neighboring Hubei province as the Yangtze flood peak passed by. 7. The middle reaches of the Yangtze River are facing their second flood peak this month, China Daily said in a separate report. 8. The newspaper did not say whether the breaches caused any casualties or damage but said they did take some of the force out of the flood peak. |