Water was rushing over the spillway of the Guajataca Dam on Saturday, having eroded part of it and the land around it. The Guajataca Dam is 120 feet high and nearly 1,000 feet long, built in 1929 by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. “This is a serious situation because that’s our drinking water,” Mr. Abrams said. Photo“Since the ground is already saturated, we don’t know how nature will work,” Mr. Abrams said. Mr. Abrams said only about six households were evacuated from Quebradillas, on the other side of the river.

Source: New York Times September 24, 2017 00:00 UTC