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Teton Dam Disaster

Published on Dec 14, 2015

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Teton Dam Disaster

June 5, 1976

The Teton Dam Failed

7:30 AM~ A Dark Brown Streak

Bulldozer trying to fill it in

9:30 AM~Mud starts flowing

11:50 AM~ The Dam Fails

Breached~make a gap in and break through

The Teton Dam is washing away

The reservoir flows into the valley

A working dam example

The main reservoir...

...emptied in 5 hours.

8:00 PM

The reservoir is gone...

Sugar City

gone

Rexburg

Wilford

gone

Lives changed

14 lives lost

Why?

Built on basalt rock...

In an area of

earthquakes and volcanic history

Equals Disaster

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