This is bad - from the London Daily Mail:
Terrifying torrent of water in Puerto Rico after dam fails, forcing 70,000 to evacuate as Hurricane Maria continues to ravage the island
A terrifying torrent of water swept through Puerto Rico after a dam failed at Lake Guajataca in the northwest region.
Water was seen sweeping through the municipalities of Isabela and Quebradillas after the dam sustained structural damage from Hurricane Maria.
Nearly 16 inches of rain fell in the area, significantly raising water levels on the 90-year-old dam.
Earlier, Puerto Rican authorities had scrambled to evacuate as many as 70,000 people after the National Weather Service warned that failure of the dam was 'imminent' and could lead to 'life-threatening' flash flooding.
Video at the link - 90 years old. Wonder how well it was maintained. At least Miami takes care of its infrastructure pretty well. Places like P.R. will build and then any monies set aside for maintenance are absorbed into the general budget and nothing is done until something hits crisis mode. Not a good way to run things. We have seen this in Bellingham with the catastrophic failure of its wastewater treatment plant in last May, the near miss at the Oroville Dam spillway and the general deterioration of our bridges and highways.
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