Amid criticism, US President is set to make his first visit to Puerto Rico two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the US territory.
The 1920's era earthen dam on the Guajataca River in northwest Puerto Rico cracked on Friday, prompting the government to issue an order for 70,000 people in downstream towns to evacuate.
With the death toll from Hurricane Maria at 33 across the Caribbean, the National Weather Service office in San Juan issued a flash flood warning for people living along the Guajataca River in the northwest of the island.
Residents of the Florida Keys return to a completely different landscape. More than 25 percent of the homes are destroyed while 65 percent suffered major damage.
Emergency crews raced to pull people from cars and homes as flood waters rose across southeast Texas on Sunday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the situation was "bad and growing worse".
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