{"id":239112,"date":"2024-07-03T01:08:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T01:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/03\/minnesota-dam-failure-thousands-of-us-dams-may-be-unprepared-for-extreme-rain-driven-by-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:15:38","slug":"minnesota-dam-failure-thousands-of-us-dams-may-be-unprepared-for-extreme-rain-driven-by-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/03\/minnesota-dam-failure-thousands-of-us-dams-may-be-unprepared-for-extreme-rain-driven-by-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota dam failure: Thousands of US dams may be unprepared for extreme rain driven by climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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High water levels at the Rapidan Dam in Minnesota<\/p>\n

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The near failure of a century-old dam in Minnesota has drawn renewed attention to the vulnerability of the US\u2019s ageing water infrastructure. Thousands of dams are in poor condition, and many were designed based on estimates of extreme rain that may now be outdated as climate change drives stronger precipitation<\/a> in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe state of the infrastructure is such that it\u2019s not able to resist even minor events in many cases,\u201d says Upmanu Lall<\/a> at Arizona State University.<\/p>\n

Of the country\u2019s more\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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