Minnesota's Rapidan Dam at 'imminent' risk of failure | NewsNation Now

After severe flooding, Minnesota's Rapidan Dam is approaching failure, authorities say. The flood waters have already swept away a power substation, though no evacuation orders are in place yet.
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[rkgsd]

Most damns are designed to last a maximum of 100 years. The city knew the damn was at that mark but rather than be proactive, they procrastinated. Congratulations.

[fido]

This is horrible, only miles from me. I wish folks would learn to turn their phones on their side to video.

[gabrielleos]

I don't live up there. I live in San Antonio, Texas. But I noticed the commentators, said the governor knew that there was a Structural integrity. So why didn't they do something about it?

[bigdizave]

The logo, ticker, and headline take up half of the important part of the video. Fail.

[roberthance]

Nothing like waiting to fix it till its to late .. no big deal just wait a little longer it will sort itself out.

[wildernesswordsmith]

Seems like the dam is okay. The piled-up driftwood has forced the water to find another route of drainage, eroding away the bank. So, the dead trees should have been cleared away. That's how I see it. Hope the homeowner is okay 😢😢

[tandiannlewis]

God bless them all and keep them safe 😢

[Prepper.from.trailerhood]

To clarify that is a shed going not the white house. House still standing

[elizabethjemetz]

100 year old dam! Now the finger pointing begins.

[blipco]

Governor says the dam has been in question for a long time. What took him so long to find a solution? If you leave it to Mother Nature you never like the answer.

[davidmussack]

The dam was questionable for some time? Why then, was all that debris allowed to accumulate at the dam? That seems like it could have been removed.

[catherinehubbard]

A hundred-year-old dam with a structural integrity that “has been questioned for a long time.” This disaster was predictable and, with money, planning and infrastructure work, preventable. Fixing dams and bridges and old roads is expensive, and these essential projects are always getting kicked down the road.

The same description of very old, with long-questioned structural integrity, could be applied just as accurately to many bridges across the country. In New England, every time the waterways are running abnormally high, often with more rain forecast, there are fears of local dams failing.

[aaronsautter]

Way to spend that $17 BILLION SURPLUS last year on important infrastructure projects, especially for your hometown area, Governor Walz . . . oh, wait, I guess not. Never mind.

[robertcorleone]

Minnesota has some of the highest taxes in the nation. We have infrastructure failures all the time! Governor Walz is the worst in our history.

[LLme]

So the state has failed, like they all do. The money never goes where it should go. A dam that’s 114 years old…seriously. You couldn’t rebuild this with all the money you get from your people. Insane.

[BulletSpoung]

For a 100 year old dam it's doing a fine job.

[simonworthington]

And the reason to me was all those branches and trees blocking up the exits underneath and not able to drain underneath ? Maybe too big to move with a digger?

[nodripsman]

When the Levee Breaks I've No place to stay, 🎶🎹🎵

[tonybarbre]

The dam didn't break, it washed out around it.

[dhoover]

The money was sent to Ukraine, spent on illegal immigrants, and 10% for the big guy. According to my neighbor