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The southern embankment of the Delhi Dam failed on July 24, due to a period of about 10 inches (250 mm) of rainfall in twelve hours. [10] Before the breach, river levels upstream of the dam had reached 24.22 ft (7.38 m), [11] 10 feet (3 m) above flood stage and breaking the May 2004 record of 21.66 ft (6.60 m). [12]
The Des Moines River at Humboldt, a small city about 105 miles north of Des Moines, was forecast to crest Wednesday at 17 feet, more than a foot higher than its record in 1969, according to the ...
The dam also lacked a suspended safety cable for boaters to grab before going over the edge, with one Iowa Department of Natural Resources official saying it had been destroyed in a flood years ...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said water in some areas rose above records from 1993, a flood many in the Midwest remember as the worst of their lives. ... water forced its way around the Rapidan Dam and ...
The reservoir emptying through the failed Teton Dam on June 5, 1976 Ruins of the dam of Vega de Tera (Spain) after breaking in 1959. A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. [1]
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There are four small dams on the river: Delhi Dam (the USGS terms it, Hartwick Dam) impounds 400-acre (1.6 km 2) Lake Delhi downriver from Manchester in Delaware County. [7] [8] On Saturday July 24, 2010, the dam at Lake Delhi failed due to heavy rains and the rapid rise of the Maquoketa River. [9]
A key dam in Minnesota partially failed on Monday afternoon after severe flooding hit the region.. The Rapidan Dam in Blue Earth County, Minnesota is breaking down as rushing waters sweep debris ...