Thousands evacuated as fears dam will fail in hurricane-struck Puerto Rico
(WorldNews Africa)

REUTERS Hurricane Maria left homes destroyed, streets flooded and the power out in Puerto Rico, as it moves towards the Turks and Caicos. Puerto Rican officials rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people downstream of a failing dam as the massive scale of the disaster wrought by Hurricane Maria started to become clear. Government spokesman Carlos Bermudez said officials had no communication with 40 of the 78 municipalities on the island more than two days after the Category 5 storm crossed over, toppling power lines and cell phone towers and sending floodwaters cascading through city streets. Officials said 1360 of the island`s 1600 cell-phone towers had been downed, along with 85 per...