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More Than 5,500 Residents Ordered to Evacuate in Hawaii Amid Risk of Dam Failure, Flooding

The Epoch Times 21 Mar 2026
... been ordered to evacuate on March 20 as weather conditions continue to worsen and threaten the integrity of a 120-year-old dam.
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Dam failure warning sees thousands flee

NWA Online 21 Mar 2026
Dam failure warning sees thousands flee ... .
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5,500 evacuated in Hawaii floods as dam failure feared

The Siasat Daily 21 Mar 2026
... warned of the possible failure of a 120-year-old dam ... Honolulu officials told residents Friday morning to leave the area downstream of Wahiawa dam, saying it was “at risk of imminent failure.”.
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Floods swamp Oahu; evacuations ordered over dam failure risk

The Philadelphia Inquirer 20 Mar 2026
... for thousands of residents in towns north of Honolulu on Friday as officials warned of the possible failure of a 120-year-old dam.
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More than 4,000 told to evacuate due to Hawaii flooding and risk of dam failure

NBC Bay Area 20 Mar 2026
... towns north of Honolulu on Friday as officials warned of the possible failure of a a 120-year-old dam ... Friday to leave the area downstream of Wahiawa dam, saying it was “at risk of imminent failure.".
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Work on Lake Alice, virtually empty since August dam failure, should be complete by fall 2027

Pioneer Press 18 Feb 2026
Lake Alice in William O’Brien State Park, which virtually disappeared in August after a dam valve failed and the water drained into the St ... Croix River ... The $325,000 project also includes dredging the St ... On Aug ... Related Articles ... MN Legislature.
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Michigan dam failure trial begins to examine state’s role in 2020 disaster

Michigan Live 13 Jan 2026
MIDLAND, MI – A bench trial examining Michigan’s role in the catastrophic 2020 Edenville and Sanford dam failures begins Monday, giving thousands of flood victims their day in court more than five ...
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Nearly six years after Edenville dam failure, residents get their day in court

Mount Pleasant Morning Sun 13 Jan 2026
An independent team studying the dam failure determined it was largely due to a rare process called “static liquefication,” when saturated, loose sand in an embankment rapidly loses strength and gives way to the flood waters building behind the dam.
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Water and Sanitation investigates possible dam failure in Thabo’s Dam at Bronkhorstspruit (Government of the Republic of South Africa)

Public Technologies 12 Dec 2025
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has been alerted of a potential failure of a dam known as Thabo's Dam located in a farm near Bronkhorstspruit along the R568 road.
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