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U.S. NEWS Thursday 4 OcTOber 2018

Officials warn Arizona dam could fail and flood village

PHOENIX (AP) — An earth- ing. Elsewhere in the state,
en dam in Arizona’s south- forecasters warned of more
ern desert could fail and possible flooding in Phoenix
flood a small village be- and other areas.
cause the lake behind it is The weather service said
swollen with runoff from the up to 1 inch (2.5 centime-
remnants of Tropical Storm ters) of rain had fallen in
Rosa, officials said Wednes- parts of Maricopa County,
day. Ali Chuk, a Native which includes Phoenix,
American community with and that flash flooding was
162 people on the Tohono expected. A separate flash
O’odham (TOH’-oh-no flood warning was issued
OH’-tum) Nation reserva- for Yavapai County north
tion, was being evacuated of Phoenix due to high wa-
Tuesday night, the tribe’s ter in a creek in Cornville
public safety department and for a small part of the
said in a statement. Tohono O’odham (TOH’-
No further details were oh-no OH’-tum) Nation’s
available Wednesday on In this Oct. 2, 2018 photo provided by the Tohono O’odham Nation Dept. of Public Safety, is reservation in Pima County
the evacuations. Tribal of- flooding near the Menagers Dam community in Arizona. in southern Arizona.
ficials planned to inspect Associated Press The weather service said
the dam and lake by heli- flood Ali Chuk, the National ters) of rain on Tuesday. rain. The tribal safety de- a record 2.35 inches (5.97
copter. Water levels were Weather Service said. Flooding from runoff made partment said 30 people centimeters) of rain had
within a foot (0.3 meters) The area near the Mexico roads impassable. had been evacuated from fallen at Phoenix Sky Har-
of topping Menagers Dam, border got between 3 and There were no reports another village on the res- bor International Airport as
which could give way and 5 inches (8 to 13 centime- Wednesday of additional ervation because of flood- of Tuesday night.q

Japan city snubs San Francisco

over ‘comfort women’ statue

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s Korean, Chi- afraid the Osaka mayor
The mayor of Osaka, Ja- nese and Filipino communi- and Japanese prime minis-
pan, says he’s ending a ties. ter are of truth and are try-
six-decade “sister city” rela- Jeff Cretan, a spokesman ing to deny history.”
tionship with San Francisco for San Francisco Mayor Historians say tens of thou-
to protest a statue honor- London Breed, called Yo- sands of women around
ing women forced to have shimura’s decision unfortu- Asia were sent to work in
sex with Japanese soldiers nate and says the cities will Japanese military brothels,
during World War II. remain connected through often through coercion
Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yo- “people-to-people ties.” and deception. Japan
shimura this week sent a The Japanese Consulate in apologized in 1993 but In this Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, file photo, people move in to take
letter to San Francisco an- San Francisco declined to the issue has remained an a closer look at the “Comfort Women” monument after it was
nouncing he’s withdrawing comment. open rift with its neighbors, unveiled in San Francisco.
from the largely ceremonial “Breaking the relationship particularly South Korea Associated Press
relationship, the San Fran- over a memorial is outra- which has strong memo- government now denies official documentary proof,
cisco Examiner reported geous and absurd,” said ries of Japan’s colonization that the women, called and says the statue in San
Wednesday. Lillian Sing, co-chair of the from 1910 to 1945. “comfort women” in Japa- Francisco and similar stat-
The statue was erected on Comfort Women Justice After a gradual pullback nese, were forced into sex- ues built in various countries
city property last year by Coalition. “It shows how from the apology, Japan’s ual slavery, citing a lack of wrongfully blame Japan.q