70K told to evacuate as dam fails in Puerto Rico in wake of Maria
(World News USA)

Puerto Rican officials rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people downstream of a failing dam SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rican officials rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people downstream of a failing dam and said they could not reach more than half the towns in the U.S. territory as the massive scale of the disaster wrought by Hurricane Maria started to become clear on Friday. Government spokesman Carlos Bermudez said that officials had no communication with 40 of the 78 municipalities on the island more than two days after the Category 4 storm crossed the island, toppling power lines and cellphone towers and sending floodwaters cascading through city streets. Officials said...