The partial failure of Minnesotaβs Rapidan Dam sheds like on the almost 4,100 dams in the U.S. that are categorized at the same risk level and condition β 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.