WUHAN — China's Yangtze River saw its second flood of the year on the morning of July 17 in its upper reaches after days of torrential rainfall.

The flood was caused by rising water levels in the river's trunk streams along the upper reaches, leading to the increasing inflow into the Three Gorges reservoir.

Regions including eastern Sichuan province and Chongqing municipality have seen heavy rainfall since July 14.

At 10 am on July 17, the reservoir reported a maximum inflow of 50,000 cubic meters per second, which is expected to reach 55,000 cubic meters per second at 8 pm. 

The reservoir has activated a total flood control capacity of approximately 7 billion cubic meters.

The Yangtze River basin is forecast to see a new round of heavy rainfalls in the coming days, according to experts from the Changjiang Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources.