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Computer glitch causes water damage

Water and Storm Damage

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that a computer glitch caused a big problem for the residents of Cedar Hills, Utah. The error caused a water tank to dump “tens of thousands of gallons of water” in to streets and a home on Saturday morning. The tank can push 7,000 gallons of water out per minute.

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Washington residents brace for a seemingly inevitable fall flood

Water and Storm Damage

The Howard Hanson Dam, east of Seattle in Washington State is leaking and this has scientists and residents worried.

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Water damage in the news

Mold Damage, Water and Storm Damage

Several areas of the United States were affected by water damage and mold recently, and the damage was substantial enough to make headlines.

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Midwestern flooding begins early

Water and Storm Damage

Missouri and Illinois are not unaccustomed to having parts of the state flood when the waters rise in the spring or summer. But recent floods have been baffling scientists as rivers crest and spill water into places that are typically dry this time of year.

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Santa Clara County crime lab is the scene of a clean-up job

Water and Storm Damage

After employees at the four-month-old Santa Clara County crime lab building packed their things for the night and locked the doors behind them, no one was the wiser to a vandal that slipped in to the state-of-the-art lab and took advantage of the full 24 hours it had to cause up to $1 million in damages. The vandal: water.

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