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Twitter captures water main flood at UCLA

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Water gushes out onto Sunset Boulevard from the main break near UCLA.

Water is gushing out at 100 gallons per minute.

This is what happens at the office when a water line bursts.

Just two hours after the water main broke, parts of the campus are now unrecognizable.

Shocked students surround the quickly flooding walkways.

Students, unaware of the danger, snap photos of the encroaching water.

Water pours into the UCLA parking garage staircase.

Looking up at the flood, outside the Pauley Pavilion.

Students try to save the locker room with brooms and barricades.

But the men's basketball locker room couldn't be saved.

Water flooded into the meeting rooms, as well.

The gym looks to have suffered considerable water damage.

Some students tried to make the best out of the situation.

Parking garages four and seven took on a significant amount of water.

The waterfall in front of Pauley Pavilion.

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Twitter captures water main flood at UCLAWater gushes out onto Sunset Boulevard from the main break near UCLA.

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Westwood, Los Angeles -- After a 30" water main pipe broke on Sunset Blvd, water has flooded out the UCLA main campus. Initially confused by the quickly encroaching waters, many students stood by to take photos of the phenomenon, completely unaware that hundreds of thousands of gallons of water were headed their way.

Within less than an hour many UCLA buildings were taking on water, including Pauley Pavilion, Drake Track and Field Stadium, the George Kneller Center, the Athletic Hall of Fame and more.

All walkways and entrances leading to parking garages four and seven are currently flooded. Workers are currently trying to barricade the flood with sandbags as LADWP manages to stop the water flow.