Flooding Inundates Homes, Schools and Farmland in Laos | Radio Free Asia (RFA)

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Channel: Radio Free Asia · 2018 · News & Politics

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The flooding occurred after torrential rainfall forced authorities to release 4,000 cubic meters per second of water from a reservoir above the Nam Ngun 1 dam in Vientiane province. Authorities worried that pressure from the high volume of water in the reservoir might cause the dam to collapse.

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