The dam failures killed an estimated 171,000 people; 11 million people lost their homes.

Another dam failure, the third in 75 years, occurred in 2008.

I know that because the government has made careful studies of the consequences of a dam failure.

"But the possibility of a dam failure still exists."

He said the problems were compounded by the fact that in 1986 two of the six reservoirs were lost to a dam failure.

Inspections in 1988 indicated a high risk of dam failure in an earthquake.

In Calauag, storm surge and flooding from a dam failure killed 121 people.

The evacuation order was due to the heavy rainfall and not due to a dam failure.

It would crest in Rochester within a half hour of a dam failure.

Months after the hurricane, the Mexican government eventually launched an investigation into the dam failure.