(Bloomberg) – Engineers are racing to lower water levels at Lake Oroville in northern California before storm clouds open up again, adding new strain to the nation's tallest dam.
When it comes to unthinkable disasters involving dams, one might think of war torn Iraq, where the beleaguered Mosul Dam is in critical condition after years of war and neglect. Suddenly, an infrastructure calamity was possible in America. How did this happen, seemingly all of a sudden?
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