伊拉克或有巨變：伊拉克和美國發緊急聲明，摩蘇爾大壩可能坍塌，上百萬人受威脅，要求緊急疏散！

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伊拉克政府和美國大使館向底格裏斯河沿岸居民發出警告，摩蘇爾大壩可能將坍塌。周日晚，伊拉克總理在一份聲明中，要求沿底格裏斯河居民至少離河岸6公裏。

美國駐伊拉克大使館也發出了類似警報。稱大壩坍塌將是嚴重的和史無前例的。美國大使館聲明稱，立刻疏散是挽救數百萬人生命的最有效的手段。據聲明中估計，洪水將會殺死伊拉克沿岸將近150萬人。

盡管美國官方很久以前就已經發布了有關摩蘇爾大壩的警告，星期日的警告是對相關日期的最強公共警告。

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Iraqi government and the U.S. embassy in Baghdad are warning residents along the Tigris river of a possible collapse of the Mosul Dam. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi asked Mosul residents along the Tigris river to move at least six kilometers (3.7 miles) away from its banks in a statement released Sunday night.

In a similar statement also released Sunday, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad called the dam's risk of collapse "serious and unprecedented."

"Prompt evacuation offers the most effective tool to save lives of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis," the U.S. embassy statement continued, estimating that floodwaters could kill nearly 1.5 million Iraqis living along the Tigris.

While U.S. officials have long issued warnings regarding Mosul Dam, the Sunday statements are the strongest public warnings to date.