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10 of the World’s Deadliest Dam Failures
listverse   13 January 2023   World  
Photo credit: murciatoday.com
<p>Living in the shadow of a large dam means you have placed your trust in the engineers who designed it. Because if there were any errors in their calculations, the result could be a deadly catastrophe. When a dam breaches, the consequent water surge can ...
Kentucky flooding death toll rises to 30 as governor says hundreds remain unaccounted for
CNN   01 August 2022   USA   Kentucky  
Debris surrounds a badly damaged home near Jackson, Kentucky, on July 31, 2022.
<p>Rescue workers searching for hundreds of missing people in flood-stricken Kentucky have been hampered by the devastation left behind -- unable to access areas left isolated after floodwater washed away bridges and inundated communities, with even more rainfall ...
Uttarakhand dam disaster: Race to save people trapped inside India tunnel
BBC NEWS   09 February 2021   India   Uttarakhand  
Up to 35 people are believed to be trapped in the tunnel
<p>Emergency teams are working round the clock to rescue up to 35 people believed to be trapped in a tunnel in northern India.<br />The tunnel was blocked after a huge flood in the state of Uttarakhand on Sunday in which 28 people have been killed, and as ...
Uttarakhand disaster likely caused by landslide, not glacial outburst, satellite images reveal
The Print   08 February 2021   India   Uttarakhand  
A rescue operation is underway after Glacier broke off at Joshimath, in Chamoli on 7 February 2021 | ANI Photo
<p>Coimbatore: International geologists and glaciologists studying satellite imagery say the cause of the Chamoli flooding disaster in Uttarakhand appears to be a landslide and not a glacial outburst as widely believed.<br />The first identification was done ...
Japan floods kill at least 18 people after record-breaking rainfall
CNN   07 July 2020   Japan  
A rail line lies upturned after being submerged by floodwater when the nearby Kuma River burst its banks, on July 5 in Hitoyoshi, Japan.
<p>Tokyo (CNN)Rescue workers in Japan are beginning a desperate search for survivors after dozens were left dead or missing following widespread flash flooding triggered by record rainfall on the southern island of Kyushu.<br />Local authorities confirmed ...
Brazil's deadly storm causes landslides, killing at least 23 people with dozens still missing
abc.net.au   05 March 2020   Brazil  
Photo: Many houses have been destroyed in Sao Paolo state due to landslides. (AP: Nelson Antoine)
<p><br />At least 23 people have been killed and dozens more are missing in Brazil after a storm hit the country's south-eastern coast, causing torrential rain and landslides, authorities have said.<br />The deaths occurred in the cities of Guaruja, Santos ...
At least six dead as Europe battered by storms, floods and a landslide
Euronews   25 November 2019   Italy, French  
The A6 bridge near Savona Italy was swept away by a huge landslip on Sunday REUTERS
<p>Six people have been killed following a weekend of storms, floods and a landslide across parts of Europe.<br />In France and Italy, torrential rain killed four people and left one missing after it caused flooding and a landslide that swept away a motorway ...
Russian diamond mine boss found dead in prison cell
The Jakarta Post   08 October 2019   Russia   Yakutia  
This file photo taken on July 01, 2019 shows a view of the first Soviet diamond mining pit
<p>The former head of a giant Siberian diamond mine was found dead in his prision cell a day after being charged over the deaths of miners trapped by flooding, investigators said Tuesday.<br />Eight miners died after water leaked into the Mir mine owned by ...
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Terrifying moment of Brazil dam collapse caught on camera
YouTube, Guardian News   04 February 2019  
<p>A video aired on Brazilian media shows the exact moment a dam burst in Brazil on 25 January. The dam break at an iron ore mining complex operated by the minerals firm Vale killed at least 65 people. A further 279 are missing.</p>
A Day Before Laos Dam Failed, Builders Saw Trouble
The New York Times   27 July 2018   Laos   Laos  
Ben C. Solomon/The New York Times
<p>ATTAPEU TOWN, Laos &mdash; The day before this week&rsquo;s catastrophic dam failure in Laos, the companies building the dam knew that it was deteriorating, and one of them saw a potential trouble sign three days in advance. Yet many people living downstream ...