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Burst glacier crashes into a dam triggering a huge flood in northern India

Burst glacier crashes into a dam triggering a huge flood in northern India

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I woke this morning to news of this. This always has resonance for me because I have been there in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s so it all seems so familiar. Uttarakhand glacier burst: Dozens missing after India dam collapses BBC, 7 February, 2021 Dozens of people are missing and feared dead after a Himalayan glacier crashed into a dam and triggered a huge flood in northern India. As the dam broke open, a deluge of water poured through a…

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Is The Three Gorges Dam on the Brink of Collapse? ronwagn

Is The Three Gorges Dam on the Brink of Collapse? ronwagn

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Expert: Three Gorges Dam  Could Collapse (ATF) A flood alert has been raised near China’s famous Three Gorges Dam after the country suffered its heaviest rainfall in 70-80 years. Torrential rain has been causing chaos throughout China’s southwest this month, with many rivers overflowing and mass evacuations. Heavy rains over the past three weeks have led to disasters being declared in 24 provinces and municipalities, especially near the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the Three Gorges Dam. This…

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