Mass Evacuation Ordered in Puerto Rico Due To “Significant Rupture” in Dam
Posted by feww on September 24, 2017
Guajataca Dam: “Stay away, or be swept away”
More than 70,000 people living downstream from Guajataca Dam northwest of Puerto Rico are under order to evacuate, as the retaining wall threatens to collapse.
A fissure caused by heavy rains from Hurricane MARIA has become a “significant rupture,” the island’s governor told reporters.
Life-threatening flooding would occur, if the dam collapses, warned the National Weather Service (NWS).
“Stay away, or be swept away,” NWS warned.
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