Aging Dams News Today

GetMyBoat analyzed data from the National Inventory of Dams to identify counties in South Dakota with the most dams at risk of failure that could threaten residents.

Eight years after Congress created the program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking a first step toward offering more than $7 billion of federally backed loans to repair aging dams owned by states, local governments and private entities across the U.S.

The weight of those floods. residents have been told to be ready to evacuate. if the dam breaks, dozens of homes could be destroyed. abcs phillip mena is there. >> reporter: a flood emergency situating to happen. engineers racing to stop this dam southwest of dallas from breaching. workers placing heavy equipment right on top of the dam, pumping 15,000 gallons of water per minute from swollen lake padera as fast as they can. officials warning residents to prepare for the worst after days of reco...

If the dam breaks, dozens of homes could be destroyed. abcs phillip mena is there. >> reporter: a flood emergency situating to happen. engineers racing to stop this dam southwest of dallas from breaching. workers placing heavy equipment right on top of the dam, pumping 15,000 gallons of water per minute from swollen lake padera as fast as they can. officials warning residents to prepare for the worst after days of record-breaking rains across the region, all that water draining into lakes and ba...