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Article: Navigation authority issues safety alert as water level of Yangtze River declines
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- November 26, 2007
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Navigation authority issues safety alert as water level of
Yangtze River declines
WUHAN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Local authorities issued a navigation
safety alert on Monday on account of the low water level in the
Yangtze River caused by the worst autumn drought in 50 years.
The "yellow warning", the second highest level, was sent out
bythe Yangtze River Maritime Safety Administration for a 680-
kilometer stretch of the waterway in the river's upper reaches.
The announcement came after a cargo ship was grounded on the
river on Wednesday evening, disrupting traffic for ...