LOS ANGELES — Donald Trump's demand for billions of gallons (liters) of water to be released in California, in what he said was a move to help combat fires in Los Angeles, was wasteful and pointless, experts say.
LOS ANGELES — Donald Trump's demand for billions of gallons of water to be released in California, in what he said was a move to help combat fires in Los Angeles, was wasteful and pointless, experts say.The US president told military engineers to open two dams in the state's central valley, claiming it would help put out blazes that have ravaged the city and would also irrigate farmland.
'California's water system is very delicately balanced among all of the competing interests, and this episode shows that even slight interference in that system can cause chaos.'Blazes that erupted around Los Angeles last month during hurricane-strength wind storms devoured 40,000 acres and destroyed thousands of homes.The battle to contain them was hampered in the first 24 hours by the fact that winds were too high for helicopters and planes to take to the skies.
Water Release Wasted Billions Of Gallons—Experts
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