US embassy advises any citizens in Tigris flood plain to leave,and Baghdad government urges Mosul residents to spin absent from riverThe Iraqi government and the US embassy in Baghdad have both issued urgent warnings approximately the possibility of the Mosul dam collapsing and sending a 20-metre-high flash flood coursing down the river Tigris, putting more than a million people at risk.
The embassy on Monday issued a call for people to evacuate the Tigris flood plain, and saying “proper preparation could save many lives”. The embassy had earlier described the threat of collapse as “serious and unprecedented”.
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Source: theguardian.com