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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]
1975 Banqiao Dam failure and floods China: 1975 25,000–40,000 St. Marcellus flood / Grote Mandrenke, storm tide Holy Roman Empire, Denmark: 1362 20,000–25,000 All Saints' Flood, storm surge Holy Roman Empire: 1570 20,000 1939 Tianjin flood [citation needed] China: 1939 15,000 [6] 1705 Po valley flood Italy: 1705 14,000 Christmas flood ...
Gardiner Dam [6] Canada: 1967 65.4 64 9.4 186 TE 8 Oroville Dam United States: 1968 59.6 230 4.36 819 TE/ER 9 San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam) United States: 1967 59.6 93 2.52 424 TE 10 Nurek Dam Tajikistan: 1980 54 300 10.5 3,200 TE 11 Samara Dam Russia: 1955 54 [4] 52 57.3 2,315 TE or ER 12 Garrison Dam [2] United States: 1954 50.8 64 29 583.3 TE ...
A 2016 study found that over a fifth of the 177 dams built close to Himalayan glaciers in five countries were at risk from glacial lakes, including the Teesta 3 dam.
Val di Stava dam collapse: Tesero, Italy 244 11 March 1864 Dale Dike Reservoir dam failure Sheffield, England, United Kingdom 238 10 June 1972 Dam failure caused by 1972 Black Hills flood: Rapid City, South Dakota, United States 107–500 1 May 1966 Dam failure [42] [43] Vratsa, Bulgaria 226 16 April 1850 Angers Bridge collapse Angers, France 200+
An assessment is needed to decide which dams are essential and which are dangerous, Hatch said. New England has seen numerous dam failures over the years.
Reservoirs are considered "installations containing dangerous forces" under international humanitarian law because of their potential adverse impact. In 1975 the failure of the Banqiao Reservoir Dam and other dams in Henan Province, China caused more casualties than any other dam
Mosul Dam (Arabic: سد الموصل), formerly known as Saddam Dam (سد صدام), is the largest dam in Iraq. It is located on the Tigris river in the western governorate of Nineveh , upstream of the city of Mosul .