After the Rapidan Dam failed last summer and the Blue Earth River carved a new course through Minnesota Valley, researchers are using drones to survey the area and monitor changes that affect the ...

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 ...

Larson described what happened at the Rapidan Dam as an “avulsive failure.” The Blue Earth River went around the Rapidan Dam and cut through soft sediments, instead of causing the collapse by ...

In late June last year the Rapidan Dam suffered a catastrophic failure when floodwaters tore around the west end of the dam, eating away the shoreline and sending more than a century’s worth of ...

Balancing on 24 wheels, this 65-foot grain elevator looked small when it was pulled across the Blue Earth River bridge at ...

The failure of the Rapidan Dam in June opened up new research opportunities for local geologists and researchers. Such opportunities are important in light of the increasing dangers presented by ...

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(AP) — Contractors on Wednesday blew up the remnants of a damaged southern Minnesota bridge that almost collapsed last summer ... and remove the nearby Rapidan Dam, both of which were at risk ...

Heavy rain last June caused severe flooding that breached the Rapidan Dam on the western side of the bridge. Erosion around the supports of the bridge led county officials to decide to remove and ...

Severe flooding caused the partial failure of the Rapidan Dam in Minnesota, after days of heavy rainfall across the Midwest forced mass evacuations. Photo: Minnesota Department of Public Safety/AP ...