A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled releas
The reservoir emptying through the failed Teton Dam on June 5, 1976
Ruins of the dam of Vega de Tera (Spain) after breaking in 1959
Kelly Barnes Dam was an earthen embankment dam on Toccoa Creek in Stephens County, Georgia, United States, just outside the city of Toccoa. Heavy rainfall caused it to collapse on November 6, 1977, an
View of former reservoir area after the dam failure
View of masonry inlet structures on rear of dam embankment
Looking upstream through dam breach, November 7, 1977
Looking upstream through dam break, November 7, 1977