Texas .. Warnings of dam collapses because of `Harvey`

Written By وداد السعودي on 2017/08/30

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span><strong>Weather of Arabia</strong> - US officials expressed their fears about the cracks that began to appear on the walls of some water dams in the state of Texas, due to the rise in water levels in their vicinity as a result of the devastating Hurricane &quot;Harvey&quot;.</span></p><p align="right" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p align="right" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span>They also warned of the danger of its collapse; This may exacerbate the suffering of the population, and the water level in the Addix Dam basin rose to about 33 meters on Tuesday, and water began to overflow from the dam, which prompted officials to work hard to stop the leakage to avoid a potential disaster.</span></p><p align="right" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p align="right" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span>About 2,500 homes could be at</span> <span>risk of flooding from the Addicks Dam failure, in addition to 670 homes in the vicinity of Parker Dam, due to Hurricane Harvey, according to the Harris County Flood Control Center in Texas.</span></p><p align="right" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p align="right" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span>It is noteworthy that Hurricane &quot;Harvey&quot;, which is the largest natural disaster to hit Texas in 50 years, forced thousands of residents to evacuate their homes, and killed at least 9 people as of Tuesday.</span></p><p align="right" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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