New aerial images from Tuesday morning show strong water continuing to rush around the breached dam in southern Minnesota.
RAPIDAN TOWNSHIP, Minn. — The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office says debris started accumulating on Sunday at the Rapidan Dam, a 114-year-old structure located about 10 miles southwest of Mankato, placing it 'in imminent failure condition.'As of Tuesday morning, the dam is still intact and there are no plans for a larger evacuation. Officials said that there had been a partial failure on the west abutment.
In 1972, the historical society says the county board ruled the dam should either be rebuilt or torn down since the dam would cause 'considerable damage' to the surrounding areas should it collapse.To address safety concerns, engineers added more concrete reinforcement to the Rapidan Dam in the 1980s. The National Society of Professional Engineers called the renovations 'one of the top engineering feats of 1986.
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