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  2. Dam failure - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Virgen Dam - Wikipedia

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    The Virgen Dam is an embankment dam on the Viejo River near the town of El Hato de La Virgen in Matagalpa Department, Nicaragua. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports the 50 MW (67,000 hp) run-of-the-river Carlos Fonesca (Santa Barbara) Plant. The dam and power station were completed in 1972.

  4. Category:Dam failures in North America - Wikipedia

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    Virgen Dam This page was last edited on 8 June 2023, at 01:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms ...

  5. PHOTOS: Historic rainfall breaches dams, floods ... - AOL

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    Heavy rains from Hurricane Joaquin caused Gills Creek to overflow its banks on Oct. 4, 2015.

  6. A dam fails after rain, wind, tornadoes pound the Midwest ...

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    The 89-year-old dam was last inspected in 2021 and categorized as a “high hazard” dam, which means a failure is likely to result in the loss of at least one life, according to the U.S. Army ...

  7. List of hydroelectric power station failures - Wikipedia

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    Rexburg flooded following Teton Dam failure This is a list of major hydroelectric power station failures due to damage to a hydroelectric power station or its connections. Every generating station trips from time to time due to minor defects and can usually be restarted when the defect has been remedied.

  8. Mapped: The damage caused by Ukraine’s devastated dam - AOL

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    War-torn Ukraine is still reeling from the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam on Tuesday 6 June, which caused its reservoir to burst and brought chaos for miles around.

  9. Category:1988 disasters in North America - Wikipedia

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    Virgen Dam This page was last edited on 14 October 2020, at 15:23 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...