![Thousands fled for their lives when two Michigan dams collapsed. More disasters are coming, experts say. Thousands fled for their lives when two Michigan dams collapsed. More disasters are coming, experts say.](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/newscms/2020_24/3388846/200612-michigan-dam-mn-1030.jpg)
Thousands fled for their lives when two Michigan dams collapsed. More disasters are coming, experts say.
![ELI5: Why do dams quickly collapse when the water level exceeds the height of the dam, rather than the water simply overflowing? : r/explainlikeimfive ELI5: Why do dams quickly collapse when the water level exceeds the height of the dam, rather than the water simply overflowing? : r/explainlikeimfive](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/f-china-hydro-a-20150608.jpg)
ELI5: Why do dams quickly collapse when the water level exceeds the height of the dam, rather than the water simply overflowing? : r/explainlikeimfive
![The Three Gorges Dam in China is so damn massive that it slowed the rotation of the Earth! : r/ThatsInsane The Three Gorges Dam in China is so damn massive that it slowed the rotation of the Earth! : r/ThatsInsane](https://external-preview.redd.it/H-gCwidehfiUvzIYIs9piNhzRHWq-d3ahs733Vebw7s.jpg?auto=webp&s=18a06042eb0d94d92c224e68696bbf6af5fe6f53)
The Three Gorges Dam in China is so damn massive that it slowed the rotation of the Earth! : r/ThatsInsane
![Michigan dam collapsed 21 hrs ago. An empire in decline. Too bad we have no money for shit. : r/ABoringDystopia Michigan dam collapsed 21 hrs ago. An empire in decline. Too bad we have no money for shit. : r/ABoringDystopia](https://preview.redd.it/nobiz6mj21051.jpg?auto=webp&s=2d2d08fa2b4df95566083d6fafd981cdc87d9311)
Michigan dam collapsed 21 hrs ago. An empire in decline. Too bad we have no money for shit. : r/ABoringDystopia
![Any truth to this Engineering experts?: Expert warns China's Three Gorges Dam in danger of collapse | Taiwan News : r/engineering Any truth to this Engineering experts?: Expert warns China's Three Gorges Dam in danger of collapse | Taiwan News : r/engineering](https://external-preview.redd.it/Ea8mI6BDzc6mCeYqGu8Vg1KI4fXj0twYG16iUJxM7_s.jpg?auto=webp&s=4bc80235123f7c69f102076927a22f10a78d21f5)
Any truth to this Engineering experts?: Expert warns China's Three Gorges Dam in danger of collapse | Taiwan News : r/engineering
![TIL In 1975, the failure of the Banqiao Reservoir Dam killed around 171,000 people and around 11 million people lost their homes. This is more casualties than any other dam failure in TIL In 1975, the failure of the Banqiao Reservoir Dam killed around 171,000 people and around 11 million people lost their homes. This is more casualties than any other dam failure in](https://external-preview.redd.it/Kd3kIyoHd-vY5pdysocHkYxh12TltmLIDRxKEDFuSm8.jpg?auto=webp&s=99d121486bdb14dfffc4ca313b8fff5b5acecdd2)