10-03-2016 03:36 PM
US ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said that the international community should work collectively to repair Mosul Dam in northern Iraq and to prevent its collapse, noting that in the event of the collapse of the dam , it could result in the deaths of more than a million people. She said Bauer hosted by the United States and Iraq conference with United Nations officials to discuss the repercussionsof the collapse of the Mosul dam, said that the international community and the Iraqi government has taken important steps to address the potential breach in the dam, noting that the possibility of its collapse is still very large. Bauer added that in the event of a breach , there are the possibility to form a wave of flooding in some places reaches a height of fourteen meters sweeping everything in its path, calling on the international community to assist Iraq in the maintenance work, in addition to awareness and a half million Iraqis are living in the flood path, the dangers of this matter and the evacuation paths in the event of a disruption.
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