US warns citizens to evacuate Iraq if Mosul dam burstsWarning is issued after Iraqi officials play down risk of a dam collapse, which the US says could cause deadly flooding. Employees are working to strengthen the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq [Azad Lashkari/Reuters] The United States has warned its citizens to be ready to leave Iraq in the event of what it has said could be a catastrophic collapse of the country’s largest hydro-electric dam near Mosul
