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The Mariana dam disaster, also known as the Bento Rodrigues or Samarco dam disaster, occurred on 5 November 2015, when the Fundão tailings dam at the Germano iron ore mine of the Samarco Mariana Mining Complex near Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, suffered a catastrophic failure, resulting in flooding that devastated the downstream villages of Bento Rodrigues and Paracatu de Baixo (40 km (25 mi ...
Baldwin Hills Reservoir after 1963 failure, view south. The gash through the dam corresponds to the alignment of a fault. The Baldwin Hills Dam disaster occurred on December 14, 1963 (61 years ago) () in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of South Los Angeles, when the dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir suffered a catastrophic failure and flooded the residential neighborhoods surrounding it.
Cross-section of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam. The Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam is located on the Yenisey River in south-central Siberia, Russia, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Sayanogorsk, Khakassia. Before the accident, it was the largest hydroelectric power station in Russia and the sixth-largest in the world by average power generation.
The Washington County Emergency Management Agency said Tuesday the failure of the Nashville dam “is imminent” and everyone in the shaded area shown on this map has been asked to evacuate ...
Authorities went house-to-house urging people below the dam of a popular lake in the western North Carolina mountains to evacuate Friday after officials warned the barrier could be nearing failure.
It said dam failure was imminent. As of 1:30 p.m., water was overtopping the dam, the emergency management agency said. ... Bride left 'in shock' after unseen video from her 1960s wedding was ...
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]
The partial failure of Minnesota’s 114-year-old Rapidan Dam highlights risks that many communities face as the number of dams in disrepair rises and climate change makes rainfall more frequent ...