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Dam in Norway partially bursts after days of heavy rain

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Re: Dam in Norway partially bursts after days of heavy rain

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> controlled blast to release pressure on the dam.

Have you considered reading the words preceeding and following this quote ?

> The idea was to prevent communities downstream from being inundated by using a limited, controlled blast to release pressure on the dam.

> But that proposal was scrapped after water later broke through the structure, police spokesman Fredrik Thomson told reporters