What Happens When A Dam Fails?


Taccoa Falls Dam Failure - November 6, 1977, the Kelly Barnes Dam failed, releasing 176 million gallons of water just above Toccoa Falls College campus in northern Georgia

Teton Dam Collapse - The Teton Dam was a federally built earthen dam in Idaho, which when filling for the first time suffered a catastrophic failure on June 5, 1976.

Baldwin Hills Dam Disaster and Flood - On December 14th 1963 in the hills about Los Angeles, the Baldwin Hills Reservoir suddenly cracked and eventually failed flooding the neighborhood below

St Francis Dam Disaster - North of Los Angeles on March 12, 1928, the dam catastrophically failed, and the resulting flood killed more than 600 people