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| ISIS orders evacuation of Raqqa dam |
| 2017-03-27 |
| ISIL Takfiri group has ordered an evacuation from its de facto capital, Raqqa, following warnings that the Tabqa Dam upstream on the Euphrates River could collapse, the Associated Press reported on Sunday. The agency quoted the so-called “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” as saying that civilians are fleeing Raqqa en masse. The militants are warning residents that the dam is out of service, weakened by US-led coalition airstrikes, and could collapse. It says water levels are rising behind the dam, AP added. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the dam is out of service. US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces are battling IS near the militant-held dam as part of a broader campaign to take Raqqa. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 Too thick to drink, too thin to plow? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-03-27 14:31 |
| #6 One thing with all these dams is that the total dissolved solids is rising to 4500 mg/L now from 1100 in 1979. That is getting too high to drink. In the US, 500 mg/l is the maximum contaminant level in drinking water. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-03-27 13:42 |
| #5 Thanks, Mullah Richard. So there is some hope for the survivability of the dam. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-03-27 13:39 |
| #4 According to this map, the Kurds are controlling the area around the dam, AP. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-03-27 13:34 |
| #3 What is happening to the Tishrin Dam upstream of the Raqqa Dam? Inquiring minds want to know. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-03-27 13:19 |
| #2 the lake impounded by Tabqa is called "Lake Assad" it holds somewhere over 5 million acre feet of water which is actually more than Lake Oroville |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-03-27 10:22 |
| #1 If by 'out of service' they mean the control of flow, then think about Oroville dam, but without any release thru the turbines. Much more flow over the top until the spillway washes away. Anybody remember the Teton Dam? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2017-03-27 08:04 |