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Dams in distress: Partial failure in Minnesota offers a nationwide warning

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By: Evan Bush
29 June 2024 at 09:00
The partial failure of Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam sheds like on the almost 4,100 dams in the U.S. that are categorized at the same risk level and condition – or worse.

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A home teeters bon the brink of collapsing into the Blue Earth River at the Rapidan Dam in Mankato, Minn., on, June 25, 2024.

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Heavy rains cause high water levels at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato, Minnesota, on Monday.

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Views of the Rapidan Dam on Sept. 6, 2011, and on June 26, after floodwaters overcame parts of the structure.

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A riverside home seen on Tuesday before it partially collapsed, near at the Rapidan Dam in Minnesota.

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Floodwaters continue to carve a channel around the Rapidan Dam on Thursday.

A tragic week of extreme weather offers a glimpse at what's to come

✇NBC News Technology
By: Evan Bush and Associated Press
25 June 2024 at 14:19
In the last week, extreme weather has wreaked havoc in many parts of the U.S. and around the world. The events have brought climate change's threat into focus.

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Husets Speedway after days of heavy rain led to flooding, south of Brandon, South Dakota, on June 22.

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Commuters wait for a train in New York on June 20.

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The aftermath of flooding in Meizhou, in southern China's Guangdong province, on June 21.

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Residents fill their containers with water supplied by a municipal tanker in New Delhi on June 21.

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Pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca on June 18, at the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
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