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Delhi Dam, also known as Hartwick Dam, is an embankment dam on the Maquoketa River 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) southwest of Delhi, Iowa that created Lake Delhi. The dam was over-topped and subsequently failed on July 24, 2010 after a period of heavy rain. It was rebuilt in 2016.
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. The flood have hit parts of Iowa, South Dakota ...
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]
Iowa was also affected by heavy rains and flooding. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed an emergency disaster proclamation March 14. [24] One man was killed in Iowa. [25] Parts of all nine state parks were closed. [24] Standing water from the spring floods was still present near Iowa roads in mid-September. [26] [27]
At least two people are dead after severe storms and major flooding hit the Midwest, according to officials, and a dam in southern Minnesota built in the early 1900s is at risk of collapse.
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 ...
Rockdale, Iowa; S. St. Francis Dam; Silver Lake Dam (Michigan) South Fork Dam; Spencer Dam; Sweetwater Dam; Swift Dam (Montana) T. Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station;
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 ...