Amelia Earhart Dam poses Boston area flooding risk
Wicked Local The Amelia Earhart Dam may be out of view for most Somerville residents, but the dam has the potential to devastate the communities around the Mystic River, and local experts are working on ways to stop that disaster before it happens. Many of the communities around the Mystic River were built on marshlands, which are tidal and would flood naturally twice a day as the sea came in and out. When the Amelia Earhart Dam was constructed in 1966, it controlled the river to prevent natural flooding, which led to an increase in development along the marshland. “In the 1960s, when the...