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Jun 25, 2021 · Emporia's Emergency Services Coordinator, Mike Rae, says he's studied flood maps and does not believe the town's 113-year-old dam poses any risk to the public. He adds that the city has a ...
Nov 2, 1992 · A Northern California geological engineer who investigates dam failures, J. David Rogers, has concluded that the dam collapsed because its eastern edge sat on an ancient landslide that he said ...
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Oct 19, 2011 · Oct 19, 2011. 1 of 2. An aerial view shows the Fort Peck Dam in Montana in this photo taken in 2007. Courtesy photo. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. There is a wrong way to do a major flood study ...
Jul 28, 2022 · Emergency vehicles respond amidst flooding in Wise County, Va., Juky 28., 2022. In Kentucky, at least eight people have been killed "in one of the worst, most devastating" floods in the state's ...
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May 5, 2022 · Gregory Bull/AP. More than 2,200 dams built upstream from homes or communities are in poor condition across the U.S., likely endangering lives if they were to fail, according to an Associated ...
Feb 27, 2022 · On Feb. 26, 1972, a makeshift impoundment dam collapsed, sending millions of gallons of black water, coal and debris into the hollow below, killing 125 people, injuring 1,100 and...
Feb 25, 2022 · In 1972 a coal-company dam in southern West Virginia collapsed, releasing a wall of coal waste and water that decimated 16 communities downstream and left more than 100 dead. This weekend people affected by the flood will gather on Buffalo Creek to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the disaster.
