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The Rapidan Dam is in a precarious state after recent flooding of the Blue Earth River, prompting Minnesota officials on Monday to warn the public that the s The Rapidan Dam in south central Minnesota suffered a partial failure on Monday, June 24. The white house on the edge of the Blue Earth River has since fallen into the river. And officials say Updated on: June 26, 2024 / 7:29 AM CDT / CBS Minnesota. RAPIDAN TOWNSHIP, Minn. — New aerial images from Tuesday morning show strong water continuing

to rush around a dam that has partially MANKATO, Minn. - A Minnesota river that flowed over its banks after recent heavy rain pulled a building into the rushing water Monday and sent it over a dam. Randy Hanson joined other shocked spectators at the Rapidan Dam to witness a sight he had never seen before. The Blue Earth River rushed around and over the dam, after 8 to 18 inches of RAPIDAN TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Flooding on the Blue Earth River caused an abutment of the Rapidan Dam to partially fail on

Monday morning, and it remains in "imminent failure condition." On Tuesday Satellite images show the before and after view of the Rapidan Dam, which has been a focal point of Minnesota flooding this week after the dam suffered a partial failure. Maxar Technologies Watch CBS News. Rapidan Dam in southern Minnesota breached, prompting flash flood warning. Flooding on the Blue Earth River breached the Rapidan Dam on Monday morning, with Le Sueur County At least two people are dead after severe storms

and major flooding hit the Midwest, according to officials, and a dam in southern Minnesota built in the early 1900s is at risk of failing. Rapidan An Xcel Energy substation at the dam has already been washed away, affecting power for around 600 residents. The dam was built in 1910 and has been weakened by repeated flooding over the decades Rapidan Dam in Minnesota intact − for now − after 'partial failure' amid historic rain. A Minnesota dam partially failed and multiple rivers were awash over

their banks Tuesday after a swath The Rapidan Dam is over a century old, finished in 1910. While it was built to generate electricity, it has been damaged by several rounds of flooding in recent decades. After the 2019 flood, ice jams formed in a narrow bend of the river downstream of the dam from January through March 2020. These jams continued to build and caused water to rise and flood, a 2021 study found. The buildup caused rther damage, and an April 2023 essment conducted by the National

Inventory of Dams found Rapidan to be in poor The second-worst flood in Minnesota's Rapidan Dam's 114-year history didn't destroy it, but it put it "in imminent failure condition." Now, a nearby bridge is at risk of collapsing. Nearly two Rapidan Dam has been undergoing critical damage after the recent flooding of the Blue Earth River, the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office said. Hundreds of residents in the Midwest, including Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota, have been slammed by record-breaking

rainfall over a three-day period. An onlooker stands on a road barrier as waters rush by the Rapidan Dam in Rapidan, Minn., Monday, June 24, 2024. Waters from the Blue Earth River diverted the dam amid recent heavy rainfalls. The Rapidan Dam near Mankato drew a national spotlight to what is a common problem in Minnesota: old and creaky dams that are costly to fix, replace or remove. There have been 26 failures large By Melissa Olson, Minnesota Public Radio News. Fast-moving water from the Blue Earth

River continues to hamper efforts by crews to inspect a county bridge just south of the Rapidan Dam near Mankato. TikTok video from Disaster_World (@madgfarrier): "One month after Rapidan dam failure! #flood #flooding #disaster #severeweather #weather #2024 #onemonth #rapidandam #rapidandamstore #collapse #dam #failure #Minnesota #USA #foryou #viral". When the Levee Breaks (Remaster) - Led Zeppelin. Much of a southern Minnesota house collapsed into the Blue Earth River on Tuesday night after several

days' storms led to flooding. Part of the home, which is located close to the Rapidan Dam MANKATO, Minnesota — A portion of the home closest to the Rapidan Dam tumbled into the serving Blue Earth River Tuesday evening. Team members from county public works, emergency management and the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office are monitoring for downstream impacts. County officials said they will provide more details on Wednesday morning. 83 likes, 2 comments - northernnewsnow on June 24, 2024: "The

Rapidan Dam near Mankato is in danger of "imminent failure" due to flooding in southern Minnesota. The Blue Earth River has been eroding the banks around the dam. (KARE 11)". Watch CBS News. Rapidan Dam experiences partial failure due to flooding. Rising water levels led to the partial failure of the Rapidan Dam in the town of Rapidan on Monday morning. The water is Minnesota flooding: Rapidan Dam near Mankato holds, roads and state parks closed Both Minnesota River bridges at St. Peter are also

closed. And some on- and off-ramps along Highway 169 in North Mankato also are closed due to flooding. Rapidan Dam is left damaged on June 25 in Waterville, Minnesota after days of historic flooding hit the Midwest. Photograph: Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images 13 likes, 1 comments - gl_climate_pulse on June 27, 2024: "June 25, 2024. US. Flooding destro the Rapidan Dam in Minnesota, which was built 115 years ago.". Another week and yet another extreme flooding event across the U.S., now

in Nashville, Illinois on July 16, 2024. Nashville, Illinois; Manawa, Wisconsin; Rapidan Dam, Minnesota - three dams, three weeks. Although there was extreme flooding, property damage, and evacuations from this event, fortunately there have been no reported loss of lives Minnesota flooding: FEMA visits Blue Earth Co. to ess damage Among the areas that were damaged in Blue Earth County was the area around the Rapidan Dam, which suffered a partial failure on Heavy rains in Midwestern states caused

severe flooding that washed out a bridge and almost destro a Minnesota dam. Rapidan Dam: Intense rainfall resulted in the partial collapse of the Minnesota dam. Instead of levees or flood walls, it has designed nine miles along the river with parks, bike trails, parking lots and even a stadium Record flooding and powerl tornadoes ravaged parts of Iowa for weeks this spring, destroying or damaging thousands of homes, closing roads and bridges and costing over $130 million in