Waterline Stories on MSN

Watch a dam break open and unleash 5 million cubic meters

What began as a hidden sensor failure turned into one of America’s most destructive dam disasters in minutes. At Taum Sauk, ...
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The water won’t stop – minutes later, the dam burst on top of a Missouri mountain

Early on December 14, 2005, water quietly rose over the parapet wall of the Taum Sauk upper reservoir in Missouri. With no spillway and malfunctioning level sensors, pumps kept running until the ...