UNC students desperate to save notes as dorms flood just days before finals

Posted May 2, 2017
University of North Carolina officials said that a student was reaching into a closet Saturday and accidentally pulled off a sprinkler head, causing water to seep through the floor and into rooms below. In total, 200 people from Granville Towers were displaced after the flooding. Across campus, another broken sprinkler head caused flooding in a different dorm. (WRAL.com)

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