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Puerto Rico evacuates 70,000 after dam fails in Hurricane Maria's wake
LBN thread: Dam Fails On Guajataca Lake In Puerto Rico, Evacuations Underway
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Source: The Guardian and agencies
Puerto Rico evacuates 70,000 after dam fails in Hurricane Maria's wake
• National Weather Service says: ‘This is an extremely dangerous situation’
• Maria knocked out island’s power and several rivers hit record flood levels
Guardian staff and agencies in San Juan
Friday 22 September 2017 21.55 BST
Officials are rushing to evacuate tens of thousands of people from their homes in western Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria inflicted structural damage on a dam and unleashed “extremely dangerous” flash floods.
Some 70,000 residents in the municipalities of Isabela and Quebradillas were being evacuated by bus after a crack appeared in the nearly 90-year old Guajataca dam.
“It’s a structural failure. I don’t have any more details,” Governor Ricardo Rossello said from the capital, San Juan. “We’re trying to evacuate as many people as possible.”
“This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. Buses are currently evacuating people from the area as quickly as they can,” the US National Weather Service tweeted on Friday .
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• National Weather Service says: ‘This is an extremely dangerous situation’
• Maria knocked out island’s power and several rivers hit record flood levels
Guardian staff and agencies in San Juan
Friday 22 September 2017 21.55 BST
Officials are rushing to evacuate tens of thousands of people from their homes in western Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria inflicted structural damage on a dam and unleashed “extremely dangerous” flash floods.
Some 70,000 residents in the municipalities of Isabela and Quebradillas were being evacuated by bus after a crack appeared in the nearly 90-year old Guajataca dam.
“It’s a structural failure. I don’t have any more details,” Governor Ricardo Rossello said from the capital, San Juan. “We’re trying to evacuate as many people as possible.”
“This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. Buses are currently evacuating people from the area as quickly as they can,” the US National Weather Service tweeted on Friday .
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/22/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-dam
