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    'Get out now!' Public warned as Harvey strains Houston's dams and levees

    by By Laura J. Nelson and Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times Aug 29, 2017 3 minutes

    HOUSTON - Swollen with days of record rainfall from Tropical Storm Harvey, a 70-year-old dam overflowed and a levee leaked Tuesday, sending water coursing into nearby neighborhoods in Houston and a southwestern suburb.

    Despite controlled releases by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the water level of Addicks Reservoir in northwest Houston rose past the dam's gates for the first time in its history, rising more than 10 inches past the spillway. The neighboring Barker Reservoir also was at risk of overflow.

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