Texas dam compromised as officials plead residents to evacuate before failure

Officials in southeast Texas are urging evacuated residents to stay away from their homes after an eight-inch hole was discovered in a major dam.

The hundreds of residents living south of the Carter Lake dam in Camden, approximately 70 miles north of Houston, were first notified to evacuate their homes on Saturday night due to concerns that the dam had been compromised. Authorities said a resident in the area had reported “rushing water leaking from the dam.”