Leeds Without Water as Old Main Breaks
From Reuters
LEEDS, England —
A quarter of a million people in the industrial city of Leeds were without running water Friday after a centuries-old main burst last week, authorities said.
Twenty schools were closed and soldiers were brought in to maintain supplies at hospitals, while thousands of residents relied on tanker supplies and standpipes in streets for water.
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