Death Toll From Dam Burst Grows to 10
SYRIA
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The death toll from a dam burst in northern Syria reached at least 10, the state-run news agency said, as villagers began returning to a scene of devastation.
About 100 homes were destroyed when the Zeyzoun Dam burst Tuesday, dumping nearly all of its water over 23 square miles of farmland and swamping several villages. President Bashar Assad ordered immediate assistance of $1,000 to the families of each of those killed.
Near the village of Zeyzoun, where most of the houses were destroyed, the corpses of sheep and goats floated around a huge, gaping rent in the dam. Residents said they had warned authorities of cracks in the dam days ago.
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