Examples of 'dam failure' in a sentence

Meaning of "dam failure"

dam failure - This phrase is used to describe the situation where a dam breaks or collapses, leading to the release of water and potential flooding. It is commonly used in discussions about infrastructure and natural disasters
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  • The situation where water breaks through a dam that is supposed to hold it back.

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A neck dam failure usually has this effect.
We are two minutes away from complete dam failure.
The dam failure may trigger further catastrophic processes.
Main causes of dam failure.
Six dam failure scenarios in dry weather were simulated by the proponent.
A double solution to acid mine drainage and wet tailings dam failure.
This dam failure rate does not include risks posed by earthquakes or terrorism.
Related methods may be termed inflatable elastomeric dam failure resistance enhancement methods.
A tailings dam failure would result in a very large pulse of water travelling downstream.
An organized rescue operation was carried out in the days immediately following the dam failure.
The CNSC concluded that the dam failure did not affect nearby licensed facilities.
These tailings facilities have a significant footprint and a high dam failure rate surrounding them.
A dam failure along the Pavlovka river caused floods in the Shumny and Antonovka villages.
Esmeralda Exploration blamed excessive snowfall for the dam failure.
Tuv Sud responded that the cause of the dam failure still has not been conclusively clarified.

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Rough diagram of waterflow during the Banqiao Dam failure.
O dam failure at tailings facility or sedimentation pond;.
BHP still faces a class action in Australia over the dam failure.
Common causes of dam failure include,.
However, the greatest danger of tailings ponds is dam failure.
The dam failure has released about 12 million cubic meters of tailings.
The Brumadinho dam failure.
A dam failure was mistakenly reported in East Becket, yet 200 people were evacuated as a precaution.
We have 24 minutes until dam failure.
South Fork Dam failure and resulting flood that destroyed Johnstown in Pennsylvania in 1889.
In Calauag, storm surge and flooding from a dam failure killed 121 people.
The catastrophic dam failure killed 19 people and polluted hundreds of miles of rivers in November 2015.
OK, off Sylvester 's calculations we have 26 minutes until dam failure.
Kyshtym disaster Chernobyl disaster 1958 Mailuu-Suu tailings dam failure Semipalatinsk Test Site.
The commune is the site of the Certej Mine and of the 1971 Certej dam failure.

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