Melting glaciers 'could flood Yangtze'

By China correspondent Stephen McDonell
Chinese Government authorities warn melting glaciers in Tibet could flood China's longest river, the Yangtze, later this year.
According to the Yangtze River Flood Control Headquarters, currrent meteorological and hydrological readings are similar to those in 1998.
In that year, 3,000 people were killed when the Yangtze River overflowed.
If the river again rises to such levels, it would put huge pressure on areas close to the Three Gorges Dam.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned last month that global warming posed a grave threat to Himalayan glaciers.
China's state media is also predicting typhoons this northern summer due to rising global temperatures.
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