Dam and levee breaches

In Mexico, a once glittering lake is being sucked dry by development, drought and lawlessness

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VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico — Once a glittering weekend getaway for wealthy residents of Mexico City, Valle de Bravo has been reduced to a shrinking, increasingly polluted puddle by a combination of drought, water transfers to the capital, bad planning and lawlessness. Residents said Thursday that Valle — as the reservoir has been known since … Read more

In corrupt Libya, longtime warnings of the collapse of the Derna dams went unheeded

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CAIRO — The warnings had been clear however went unheeded. Consultants had lengthy mentioned that floods posed a big hazard to 2 dams meant to guard almost 90,000 individuals within the northeast of Libya. They repeatedly referred to as for rapid upkeep to the 2 constructions, positioned simply uphill from the coastal metropolis of Derna. … Read more

Norwegians put together for extra flooding and destruction after days of heavy rain

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Individuals in Norway ready for extra flooding and destruction Thursday as rivers swollen by days of heavy rain carried massive quantities of water by way of the nation’s mountainous southeast, the place huge areas had been both inundated or hit by landslides. 1000’s of individuals dwelling close to waterways had been evacuated, … Read more

As warfare shelling echoes, evacuees scurry onto vans, rafts to flee floods beneath Ukraine dam breach

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KHERSON, Ukraine — As shelling from Russia’s warfare on Ukraine echoed overhead, dozens of evacuees on an island within the Dnieper River scurried onto the tops of army vans or into rafts to flee rising floodwaters attributable to a dam breach upstream. The unnerving bark of canines left behind additional soured the temper of these … Read more

Ukrainian dam breach: What is going on and what’s at stake

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KYIV, Ukraine — The dramatic rupture of the dam that upheld Ukraine’s largest reservoir launched a torrent of water Tuesday, elevating fears of widespread harm and flooding in areas the place tens of hundreds of individuals dwell. It isn’t clear what brought on the breach within the Kakhovka dam, which was already broken. Ukraine accused … Read more

Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying main dam close to Kherson, warns of widespread flooding

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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a significant dam and hydroelectric energy station in part of southern Ukraine they management, threatening an enormous flood that would displace lots of of hundreds of individuals, and ordered residents downriver to evacuate. Russian information company Tass quoted an unspecified Russian authorities official … Read more