It’s the second-largest flood in the dam’s history and the equivalent of once-a-century flooding. The visuals were stunning: Water from the Blue Earth River surged around a southern Minnesota dam, carrying a shipping container with it as it toppled utility poles, wrecked a substation and washed away part of a riverbank.
Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam Partial Failure: Here’s What To Know
Associated Press, Fast Company
Thu, 06/27/2024 - 6:30pm
BING NEWS:
- Rapidan Dam partial failure sent more than a century’s worth of sediment pollution downstream
Rapidan Dam’s partial failure sent an estimated 11.6 million cubic yards of sediment downstream. Experts are worried about its ecological impacts and say it could take years to fully understand them.
07/5/2024 - 9:00 am | View Link - Bridge next to Rapidan Dam at risk of failure a week after major flooding
County and state officials gathered at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato on Tuesday to assess a still-closed bridge next to the dam that may be at risk of "partial or full failure" as a result of the dam's ...
07/2/2024 - 12:47 pm | View Link - Gov. Tim Walz tours Rapidan Dam damage Tuesday
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday will visit the site of disastrous flooding in southern Minnesota, which partially damaged a dam and led to the destruction of at least two historic buildings.
07/2/2024 - 10:35 am | View Link - Rapidan Dam before-and-after 'partial failure' seen on satellite
Satellite images show the before and after view of the Rapidan Dam, which has been a focal point of Minnesota flooding this week after the dam suffered a partial failure. Maxar Technologies captured ...
06/27/2024 - 3:36 am | View Link - What happened to Minnesota's Rapidan Dam? Here's what to know about its flooding and partial failure
A Minnesota dam is still intact after floodwaters overcame parts of the structure and prompted officials to prepare for a potential collapse ...
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