Minnesota's Rapidan Dam at 'imminent' risk of failure | NewsNation Now 

Most damns are designed to last a maximum of 100 years. The city knew the damn was at that mark but rather than be proactive, they procrastinated. Congratulations.

This is horrible, only miles from me. I wish folks would learn to turn their phones on their side to video.

The logo, ticker, and headline take up half of the important part of the video. Fail.

I don't live up there. I live in San Antonio, Texas. But I noticed the commentators , said the governor knew that there was a Structural integrity. So why didn't they do something about it?

Nothing like waiting to fix it till its to late .. no big deal just wait a little longer it will sort itself out.

100 year old dam! Now the finger pointing begins.

Governor says the dam has been in question for a long time. What took him so long to find a solution? If you leave it to Mother Nature you never like the answer.

God bless them all and keep them safe 😢

Way to spend that $17 BILLION SURPLUS last year on important infrastructure projects, especially for your hometown area, Governor Walz . . . oh, wait, I guess not. Never mind.

The dam was questionable for some time? Why then, was all that debris allowed to accumulate at the dam? That seems like it could have been removed.

Lack of maintenance and management

The money was sent to Ukraine, spent on illegal immigrants, and 10% for the big guy. According to my neighbor

The dam didn't break , it washed out around it.

Seems like the dam is okay. The piled-up driftwood has forced the water to find another route of drainage, eroding away the bank. So, the dead trees should have been cleared away. That's how I see it. Hope the homeowner is okay 😢😢

Here we go again!

I can't believe how much water northern us got this year.

BWA HA HA...to funny....good thing the US sent $260,000,000,000 to Ukraine...

We should have an "Infrastructure" Bill.... OH WAIT...

100 year old dam, and nobody looked to replace it by now? You should start asking where your taxpayer money has been going all these years, it sure wasn't to replace this aging dam.

And the reason to me was all those branches and trees blocking up the exits underneath and not able to drain underneath ? Maybe too big to move with a digger?

When the Levee Breaks I've No place to stay,🎶🎹🎵

Hmmmm....where are State dam officials???? Feds not in charge of state dam.

Is this build back better?

For a 100 year old dam it's doing a fine job.

Mn Gov.Walz failure personified.

Mother nature is so strong. 😮😮😮

build back better remember!!! prayers to all affected.

To clarify that is a shed going not the white house. House still standing

A hundred-year-old dam with a structural integrity that “has been questioned for a long time.” This disaster was predictable and, with money, planning and infrastructure work, preventable. Fixing dams and bridges and old roads is expensive, and these essential projects are always getting kicked down the road. The same description of very old, with long-questioned structural integrity, could be applied just as accurately to many bridges across the country. In New England, every time the waterways are running abnormally high, often with more rain forecast, there are fears of local dams failing.

Minnesota has some of the highest taxes in the nation. We have infrastructure failures all the time! Governor Walz is the worst in our history.

Our nation is falling apart both figuratively & literally.

Good thing you changed the flag! Dams don't fail in Somalia so you will be safe.

She's gonna blow!

Blame it on those dam officials! 😄

Build back better is failing. Where did all the infrastructure money go?

THANK GOD FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT THEY PASSED

It's mother nature I would go too higher ground fishing not recommended

2:59 No.

Praying for yall rn..🫶🏾✌🏾🙏🏾🌊🤕

this is where I live!

2 miles east is NOT safe

What a surprise, a poorly maintained dam collapsed. What we need now is more Republican tax cuts for billionaires!

We're all doomed

Ain’t no dam way. Water will always win

Mother nature wants her floodplain back

Lesley Headland and Kathleen Kennedy ruined Star Wars.

Risk of failing it has failed

Cement isn't good 100,200 years

the guy being interviewed has water in his basement and he thinks his only worry now is whether or not he has power, deep deep denial for that dude.

Looks like it has failed but the structure just hasnt collapsed. There is no control in this situation.

Whoever is responsible for clearing the wood blocking the normal outfall, ought to be looking for legal advice

Nothing like a hundred and ten year old dam not quite being up to par. Maybe if we had thrown a few million its way instead of sending half a trillion dollars to ukraine

Try to do something, geeze. Id love to see some attemots to vleyar those trees blocking the dam etc

So all the tax money being spent on the Fascist country Ukraine…maybe…perhaps…could be used on American infrastructure….?

I wonder if some of that money we sent to Ukraine could have been used to fix this dam??

Its been in question for a long time yet nothing was done

How is Lake Woebegone doing? Is it being affected by this dam?

Video is stuck. On ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BhWmfa8_3Y8.html the house is gone.

Looks like Surfs Up! in Minnesota.

Well dam. That's one damn place to build. Right next to a damn. And block off all your view with tree's so that you cannot even enjoy the water.

Lizzo needs to stop swimming in these rivers.

So the state has failed, like they all do. The money never goes where it should go. A dam that’s 114 years old…seriously. You couldn’t rebuild this with all the money you get from your people. Insane.

And a bridge and train derailment

The dam has "been a question" for a long time... but far be it for the state of Michigan to do a damn thing about it. Much more lucrative "business" to take care of, right? The infrastructure of this country continues to crumble away as both state governments and the federal government do the bidding of The Corporation and the federal government drives the nation into irreversible bankruptcy. But that's OK, the UN and China will "fix" our problems.

Terrifying.

so much for biden's infrastructure bill making a difference.

Hey China bashers, it would be extremely insensitive for me to ask: Is This What You Mean By Tofu Construction ? I would never be so disrespectful or insensitive to say something like that. 😢😢😢

Down stream already at near full saturation with ponding. A evacuation of the area down stream miles deltas flood plains

& here America has 🍊💩 blasting the current Administration for passing an infrastructure bill. °~•.☆.•~° ❤ Prayers to the families, the victims, the community and the department. Prayers important because the remind us that this s*** does happen and it has its impact.

Folks, that dam has already failed. (Just sayin') It is not "imminent", but is a done deal. There's loads of uncontrolled water pouring out of it already, and no way to stop it. Water is a very damaging force and it is only a matter of time before the rest of it collapses. Even if the concrete manages to stay intact, the water is still coming out in huge amounts and will keep pouring out because that is a dam breach, it could just keep eating away at the earth around the concrete instead. Wether Faster or slower, there is no stopping that water from coming out now. That is a lot of force pouring out. That is what a dam failure looks like. With all that dirt and debri entering the water, it will only make it a more destructive force downstream.

What an incredibly insensitive advertisement/watch us at the end. Someone should really edit that out to a compassionate response for those who are experiencing this flooding and loss.

At least it don't look as bad as the Michigan Edenville Dam, Yet.

Well... It created a rainbow... So there's that.

"in question for a long time" is short for "kick the can down the road"

Why did these idiots not get the water lower before the dam

GEOENGINEERED WEATHER/CATASTROPHES/CHOAS: WHO BUILDS DAMS AND WHY? THE US ARMY CORE OF ENGINEERS (THE MILITARY) BUILDS THEM; AND WHY? WELL THEY SAY THIS: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is responsible for operating and maintaining about 740 dams and associated structures across the country. The USACE also owns and manages more than 500 reservoirs. These dams and reservoirs provide many benefits to the country, including: flood control, navigation, water supply, hydropower, environmental stewardship, fish and wildlife conservation, and recreation. BUT THE TRUTH IS THIS: TO CONTROL THE WATER, CONTROL THE WATER AND YOU CONTROL THE PEOPLE; AND THEN WHEN YOU NEED TO DESTROY INFACTRUCTURER, YOU LET THE DAM GO... THAT IS WHAT THEY DID IN KATRINA!!!!! AND DOING MORE AN DMORE OF THIS ALL OVER THE USA, ESPECIALLY IN FARMLANDS.... U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

So the water ate away the already compromised embankment and bye bye house and shed,

there is many feet of mud in front of the Dam... With a sandstone base that the dam is anchored in will be fine. Gov. doesn't know shit

🙏🙏🙏

Where's all that water gonna go?

Well, I'll be dammed. Thoughts and prayers ya'all.

The Don will be there soon to comfort the masses!

Looks failed to me

It should be known that amount of erosion on the emergency spillway. Beliefs from amount of bank missing that it has let go. And won't stop until water behind is inflow rates to the dam

Where is Mayor Pete?

That's all we use is technology that's 1,000 years old why are we still living in the past might as well go back to horse and carriage the way things are going now

dam

How dare the water do that. Does it not know there's not enough water in the world

house is gone..dam.:(

Why was this dam not attended to sooner..now it is a disaster..

Sounds like a surefire way to win over supporters 🙄

Did the government just pass some kind of infrastructure bill?

why werent all the flood gates opened? some appear to be closed...

Underfunded and overwhelmed. It needs to stop. Or is it global warming 😂

Why do you feel the need to cover a third of the screen with that banner? Let me say it sucks !

This is not important. What is important is Ukraine, Israel and illegal immigrants. /sarcasm

Is this a god damn ?

Where's our taxpayer money been going for the past 60 years? Not being reinvested into the infrastructures, roads, bridges or schools.

Delhi India conditions downloading.

Some of the pictures and views online seems to give a different and kind of wrong idea of the surrounding landscape and geography. Also should be mentioned this only really a tributary stream, not the main part of the Minnesota river. Looks to me like it has already breached since that side flow with rock waterfall shouldnt be there. I think the electrval station is already gone. I predict a slow drain and little trouble. Downstream these rivers going into Green bay/Great Lakes or Mississippi can handle it.