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2 Dams Fail in Michigan, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate
The New York Times   20 May 2020   USA   Michigan  
A dam on Wixom Lake in Edenville, Mich., on Tuesday.Credit...Kaytie Boomer/The Bay City Times, via Associated Press
<p>Two dams in Michigan were breached on Tuesday after days of heavy rainfall, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents and bringing what officials warned would be life-threatening flooding to homes and businesses.<br />The failures of the Edenville ...
Maharashtra: Tiware dam in Ratnagiri breached; 6 dead, over 20 missing
Daily Mail   03 July 2019   India   Ratnagiri  
Maharashtra: Tiware dam in Ratnagiri breached Photo: ANI
<p>At least 12 houses in the village adjacent to the dam have been washed away. Rescue operation is underway. A team of 5 BN NDRF has been sent to Tiware dam for rescue operation. Pune's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team is also heading towards ...
Death toll grows to 60 from tragic collapse of a dam owned by Brazilian mining giant Vale
CNBC   29 January 2019   Brazil  
Members of a rescue team search for victims after a tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA collapsed, in Brumadinho, Brazil January 28, 2019.
<p>At least 60 people have been killed and hundreds are still missing after a dam collapsed at Vale&rsquo;s Corrego do Feijao mine in southeastern Brazil on Friday.<br />The tragedy is the second major disaster linked to Brazilian mining giant Vale in about ...
Myanmar: More than 60,000 affected by dam collapse
Aljazeera   30 August 2018   Burma   Myanmar  
<p>The collapse of part of a dam in Myanmar has unleashed giant waves of water and forced the mass evacuation of several villages and towns.<br>More than 60,000 people have had to flee their homes and major roads have been flooded.</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 ...
26 People Confirmed Dead as Rescuers Continue Search for Survivors of Laos Dam Disaster
TIME   26 July 2018   Laos   Laos  
<p>Rescue teams are continuing to search through submerged villages to locate missing people after part of a newly constructed dam in southern Laos collapsed on Monday night, sending walls of water into the surrounding rural towns.<br>The disaster has rendered ...
Thousands stranded after dam collapse triggers flash floods in Laos
France24   25 July 2018   Laos   Laos  
<p>Nineteen people have been confirmed dead and more than 3,000 need to be rescued after a dam collapsed in a remote part of land-locked Laos, local media reported on Wednesday.</p>
Heavy rains cause rural Wisconsin dam failure
Channel3000   18 July 2018   USA   Wisconsin  
Heavy rain caused floods and headaches for residents in northern Wisconsin on June 16, 2018
<p>ASHLAND, Wis. - Heavy rains have caused an earthen dam to fail in a rural area of northwestern Wisconsin.<br />Douglas County Emergency Management Director Keith Kesler says he's unaware of any evacuations from the damage Monday. Few people live in the ...
27 killed, 36 hospitalised as Kenyan dam bursts after heavy rains
THE HINDU   10 May 2018   Kenya   Nakuru city  
volunteers scour for survivors in a residential area on May 10, 2018 after a dam burst its bank at Solai, about 40 kilometres north of Nakuru, Kenya. So far, 20 bodies have been recovered. | Photo Credit: AFP
<p>Disaster struck when most people were asleep and their houses were swept away: police<br>At least 27 people died when their homes were swept away after a dam burst in southern Kenya following heavy rains, police said on Thursday.</p><p>The incident in Solai, ...
Northern California residents face new evacuation warning after Oroville threat
The Guardian   20 February 2017   United States   Americas  
Trucks that hauled rocks drive off the Lake Oroville dam after an evacuation order was lifted for communities downstream. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters
<p>San Joaquin river approaches flood stage as water level decreases at Lake Oroville dam after evacuations of 188,000 people last weekend.</p> <p>Residents returning to homes damaged by flooding should be prepared to evacuate again as yet another powerful ...