Dam Collapses
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Four killed, three missing as dam collapse triggers flash flood in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur district
India | Sep 03, 2025, 11:44 AM ISTChhattisgarh: District administration and police teams rushed to the spot after being alerted. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, officiala said adding that the breach in Luti reservoir, located in Dhaneshpur village, was reported late on Tuesday night after heavy rainfall in the region.
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Brazil's southern state hit by worst rainfall in over 80 years; 39 killed so far, 68 missing | VIDEO
World | May 04, 2024, 02:24 PM ISTThe floods in Rio Grande Do Sul have surpassed the levels seen during a historic 1941, with water levels reaching an unprecedented high. At least 24,000 people have been displaced as the storms affected over half of the 497 cities in the state, while dams have reached their stretching point.
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Kenya flood mayhem: Dam collapses, boat capsizes as torrential rain continues, over 70 killed
World | Apr 30, 2024, 11:36 PM ISTAt least 42 people have been killed in floods in central Kenya's Mai Mahiu area after a dam burst early on Monday, and the number of deaths could rise.
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Russians stage rare protest as dam burst triggers floods in Orenburg, thousands at risk | VIDEO
World | Apr 09, 2024, 07:00 PM ISTRussia declared a 'federal emergency' in the flood-hit areas of Orenburg, where more than 10,000 homes are submerged and 4,000 people have been evacuated. The water levels are expected to rise due to swiftly melting snow across swathes of the Ural Mountains and Siberia.
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Russia blitz on Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station brings massive flood: Zelenskyy
World | Jun 06, 2023, 09:09 PM ISTIt was not immediately clear whether either side benefited from the damage to the dam since both Russian-controlled and Ukrainian-held lands are at risk.
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15 dead after Russian dam collapse floods dormitories
World | Oct 19, 2019, 06:56 PM ISTThe collapse during heavy rain occurred early Saturday near the village of Shchetinkino, in the Krasnoyarsk region about 3,400 kilometers (2,100 miles) east of Moscow.
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Maharashtra minister blames crabs for Tiware dam burst
India | Jul 05, 2019, 10:55 AM ISTTiware Dam: Advancing a bizarre theory, Shiv Sena Minister in Maharashtra, Tanaji Sawant, has held crabs responsible for the Tuesday dam burst incident in Ratnagiri that has claimed 18 lives so far.
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40 killed, nearly 300 missing after dam holding mine waste collapses in Brazil
World | Jan 27, 2019, 06:38 AM ISTEmergency workers suspended their search shortly after nightfall. They planned to resume at first light Sunday morning.
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Bihar: Part of Rs 389 cr dam collapses hours before inauguration
Politics | Sep 20, 2017, 11:28 AM IST