Documenting and researching this type of dam failure is a way for researchers to help get data out to public officials and ...

Back on February 5, demolition crews used explosions to bring the bridge deck down to the river bed. Since that time, they’ve been cleaning up the debris left behind.

Earlier this week, authorities said the Rapidan Dam near Mankato faced an “imminent threat” of collapse, but later they said an abutment had partially failed. The river swelled after an ...

“We’ve been flying drones repeatedly on swaths upstream and downstream, looking at the changes in the river since the dam ...

Extreme erosion is apparent on the west bank of the Blue Earth River at the Rapidan Dam near Mankato on July 2. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Studies are coming out about local waterways, specifically pollution in the Le Sueur River and the long-term effects of the ...

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions possible. Total snow accumulations between 3 ...

No evacuations have been ordered yet as the state has faced serious flooding with the possibility of more rain in the forecast. No evacuations have been ordered yet as the state has faced serious ...

County commissioners last year voted to replace the bridge and remove the nearby Rapidan Dam, both of which were at risk of crumbling after last year’s deluge. Residents had used the roughly 40 ...

Heavy rain last June caused severe flooding that breached the Rapidan Dam on the western side of the bridge. Erosion around the supports of the bridge led county officials to decide to remove and ...

Severe flooding caused the partial failure of the Rapidan Dam in Minnesota, after days of heavy rainfall across the Midwest forced mass evacuations. Photo: Minnesota Department of Public Safety/AP ...

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