a house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding Riverbank near a Minnesota Dam collapsed into the river in the latest jarring example of extreme weather gripping the US Upper Midwest region officials say the Blue Earth River caused a support of the 114-year-old dam to partially fail and swallowed most of the home that sits on a nearby embankment overnight Tuesday the Dam’s West support failed Monday sending part of the river around the dam and eroding the bank where the home sat the family had evacuated the home before the collapse late Sunday night early Sunday morning there was some debris that broke forer got lodged into the dam and and uh started restricting water flow through the dam Dam’s been on free flow for the last few years with that obstruction the water needed to find somewhere to go and uh ultimately created A New Path on the west side of the dam and kind of uh undermine that side of the of the structure I’m from Wilmer but I live here in M now for school and me and my aunt we used to go here all the time and my uncle play in the playground when we were little and I hope it doesn’t like wash away hopefully
A house, occupied by a local family for more than 50 years, collapsed into the Blue Earth River near a flooded dam in Minnesota on Tuesday. Concerns have risen over the condition of the 114-year-old Rapidan Dam as heavy rain, erosion, and severe flooding continue to affect southern Minnesota.
Captain Paul Barta of the Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office explained that debris lodged in the dam led to water flow restrictions.
“Dam has been on free flow for the last few years. With that obstruction, the water needed to find somewhere to go and ultimately created a new path on the west side of the dam and kind of undermined that side of the structure,” he said.
Community members gathered along the river bank to view the scene of the house toppling into the river.
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Wow .
it's not extreme weather, it's lack of upkeep. these are normal heavy-rain events.
Swelled?
damn hasn't failed its still there blocking water like it was designed to
Damn looks fine. Appears that the river went around the damn
Dam failure is extreme weather now
Swollen flooded rushing water respects no one.
The damn didn't fail it's still setting in the same spot where it was built the ground on the left side of the damn failed
Brought to you by Biden's Build Back Better ? Sleepy Joe is so dam strong ?
House is gone this is old news
River free itself. That's nature
"Partially failed"? LOL LOL LOL Folks, that is a complete failure. A dam is supposed to hold back the river, the river is not supposed to go around it. Dams either work, or they don't. This failure has nothing to do with climate change nonsense. The earth has always had cycles of droughts and extreme rain from time to time. Nothing new under the sun. It doesn't help that the dam was over a hundred years old.
This is Trudeau's fault
Obviously the bank failed and not the dam but news stations (liberal) need to sensationalize it for more views…..
You won't see this in Asian News Media
That's dam a shame
If this was happening in China the Sinophobic bot farm bots would be laughing about "tofu construction".
"Blue Earth County". Ironic considering 70 years of Big Oil lies and bought and sold politicians means the Earth will eventually have a LOT more blue on its surface one day.
Water has that power.