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Dam Near Dallas in Danger of Breaking

Pressure is building on the Lewisville Lake Dam, which lies 34 miles upstream from Dallas.

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Austin, TX
Credit: Patrick Lewis

Pressure is building on the Lewisville Lake Dam, which lies 34 miles upstream from Dallas. A breach in the dam, nicknamed "Trouble", would cost millions of dollars to repair and would put 431,000 people in the way of flooding from the Trinity River. (The Dallas Morning News)

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