Dams Disasters

The Johnstown Flood (locally, the Great Flood of 1889) occurred on May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the

The Baldwin Hills Dam disaster occurred on December 14, 1963, when the dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir suffered a

A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or slows down the flow, often creating a reservoir,

The Val di Stava Dam collapse occurred on 19 July 1985, when two tailings dams above the village of Stava,

The St. Francis Dam was a curved concrete gravity dam, built to create a large regulating and storage reservoir for

The Buffalo Creek flood was a disaster that occurred on February 26, 1972, when the Pittston Coal Company’s coal slurry

The Teton Dam was an earthen dam on the Teton River in Idaho, United States. It was built by the