Affected by recent weather and a decrease in incoming upstream water, the water level of Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, continued to drop. At 16:00 on September 20, the water level at Xingzi Station, the iconic hydrological station of Poyang Lake, dropped to 11.99 meters, and Poyang Lake fell below the dry water level. As of 10:00 p.m. on September 21, the water level at Xingzi Station, the iconic hydrological station of Poyang Lake had dropped to 11.67 meters, down 0.43 meters from yesterday. The flow of the five rivers entering the lake was 2,150 cubic meters per second, and the flow out of the lake was 3,920 cubic meters. The water area of the Tongjiang River in the Lake District was 1,330 square kilometers, with a volume of 2.70 billion cubic meters, a decrease of 406 million cubic meters from yesterday.

Affected by recent weather and a decrease in incoming upstream water, the water level of Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, continued to drop. At 16:00 on September 20, the water level at Xingzi Station, the iconic hydrological station of Poyang Lake, dropped to 11.99 meters, and Poyang Lake fell below the dry water level. As of 10:00 p.m. on September 21, the water level at Xingzi Station, the iconic hydrological station of Poyang Lake had dropped to 11.67 meters, down 0.43 meters from yesterday. The flow of the five rivers entering the lake was 2,150 cubic meters per second, and the flow out of the lake was 3,920 cubic meters. The water area of the Tongjiang River in the Lake District was 1,330 square kilometers, with a volume of 2.70 billion cubic meters, a decrease of 406 million cubic meters from yesterday.