Dam Failure 2024. 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. Debris blocked the dam forcing the heavily backed up waters.

Officials later determined failure was not imminent. The partial failure of minnesota’s rapidan dam sheds light on the almost 4,100 dams in the u.s.