(NewsNation) — The Rapidan Dam in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, is in “imminent failure condition” according to authorities, who have warned residents to be prepared to evacuate. No ...

Severe flooding caused the partial failure of the Rapidan Dam in Minnesota, after days of heavy rainfall across the Midwest forced mass evacuations. Photo: Minnesota Department of Public Safety/AP ...

Now a team of researchers from Minnesota State University and other ... looking at the changes in the river since the dam failure,” said Phillip Larson, MSU EARTH Systems Laboratory co-director.

Phil Larson, earth sciences director at Minnesota State University Mankato ... Larson described what happened at the Rapidan Dam as an “avulsive failure.” The Blue Earth River went around ...

In the 2000s, staff at the Colorado River District raised alarm bells that the Ritschard Dam — which was constructed in the mid-1990s to impound Wolford Mountain Reservoir outside of Kremmling — was ...

The failure of the Rapidan Dam in June opened up new research opportunities for local geologists and researchers. Such opportunities are important in light of the increasing dangers presented by ...