There were days in 94 during the refugee crisis when Tom and I hoped the stratovolcano Nyiragongo would bust a gutt (so long as we were more than 5 clicks above sea level).
Earlybird indeed !
Our counsel member Merv already had the goods on the 7th
There is however a bit of missing water...about 4 million cubic meters
Nice Blog, Merv !"The dam was constructed on a foundation of marls, soluble gypsum, anhydrite, and karstic limestone that are continuously dissolving," said specialists at the US embassy in a statement. "The dissolution creates an increased risk for dam failure."
In fact the state of the two-mile long earthfill dam, which holds back some eight billion cubic metres of water in Iraq's largest reservoir, has recently been deteriorating at ever-increasing speed.
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