February’s earthquakes have damaged the Middle East’s dams
They were already in a fragile state
The turkish authorities announced on March 30th that 140 dams had been inspected since two earthquakes hit southern Turkey and northern Syria in February. None, they insisted, was seriously damaged. Still, many in the Middle East remain fearful about the state of the more than 860 dams along the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and their tributaries.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Dam-nation”
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