Reservoir Collapse · Full chronicle and history

On August 5, inspection personnel entered Dengwei Village, Yunbiao Town, Hengzhou City, Guangxi. On-site video shows that the village road is still lined with mud and broken trees along its entire length, floodwater has yet to recede in some areas, and multiple houses have been severely damaged and collapsed.

Villagers in Xiaoyi Town, Hengzhou, Guangxi, affected by floods, rejected the official designation of the disaster as a natural disaster and the low compensation of several hundred yuan, publishing an article to defend their rights and accusing reservoir management of severe inaction and uncontrolled flood discharge that caused the flood to destroy the village.

Victims in the dam-break disaster area in Guangxi said in interviews and videos that relief supplies were severely insufficient, that local private donations were blocked, and that videos they posted showing their monotonous three meals a day were taken down online.

Southern Weekend reported on July 14 about the dispatch, equipment failures, and command failures before the collapse of the Liulan Reservoir in Guangxi, revealing long-standing hidden dangers. The report was quickly deleted by censors after its publication.

On July 14, 2026, Southern Weekly published an investigative report revealing inside details including the gate motor failure before the breach of Liulan Reservoir and the station chief calling the mayor 11 times without getting through; after causing a huge sensation, the report was deleted and banned across the entire internet within 24 hours.

On July 10, 2026, it was reported online that during the floods in Hengzhou, Nanning, Guangxi, in addition to the Liulan Reservoir, the Gandao, Yunbiao, Jijing and other reservoirs also suffered dam breaches. Officials were accused of covering up the disaster and arresting those spreading the news on charges of “spreading rumors.”

The dam collapse of the Liulan Reservoir in Guangxi flooded downstream villages, leaving a large number of disaster victims trapped for days facing material shortages and secondary disasters. Official staging of propaganda afterwards sparked public doubt and criticism.

On July 8, 2026, police in Qinzhou, Guangxi reported that a man was found by public security authorities to have fabricated rumors after posting disaster-related claims online, including the collapse of the Liulan Reservoir and the canal flooding the urban area, and was given an administrative penalty.

Dam breaches and collapses occurred at the Liulan Reservoir and Yunbiao Reservoir in Hengzhou, Nanning, Guangxi. Downstream villages were washed away, and authorities subsequently issued a situation report and launched rescue operations.

In the early hours of July 6, the Liu Lan Reservoir in Hengzhou, Guangxi collapsed due to gate failure and other issues, resulting in at least 26 deaths and 7 missing. The reservoir station chief said he had repeatedly tried to contact the mayor but no one answered, and grassroots staff assumed responsibility without clear instructions.

On July 6, 2026, a serious emergency occurred at the dam of Liulan Reservoir in Hengzhou, Nanning, Guangxi, where a breach opened up. Large volumes of floodwater gushed down, inundating downstream areas. Several people were trapped and swept away by the floodwaters.

A dike breach occurred at Liunan Reservoir in Hengzhou, Guangxi. The official timeline says the water level exceeded the design flood level at 2:30 a.m., the flood discharge gates were fully opened at 6 a.m., residents received an evacuation notice at 8 a.m., and the dam collapsed at 10:20 a.m.; officials say 39 people died.

After making landfall in Hainan, a typhoon moved into Guangxi, causing floods in many parts of the region, including a partial breach of a reservoir named Lanshui Mountain, which washed away many villages. The official death toll is 39, but the host expressed doubt about this figure.

A person claiming to be a Three Gorges Project worker alleged that multiple reservoirs in Hengzhou, Guangxi, burst their dams during a typhoon, killing more than 17,000 people, and that the local government covered up the disaster.

In early July this year, several reservoirs in Hengzhou, Guangxi, collapsed, causing floods. Water conservancy expert Wang Weiluo, who lives in Germany, said the breach of the Liulan Reservoir is closely related to the Pinglu Canal, and he put forward three factors: the canal changing the direction of river flow, flood embankments obstructing drainage, and the destruction of the Yu River watershed.