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Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US

  • Written by Hiba Baroud, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University
Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the USFlood damage in Edenville, Mich., after a dam failed on May 19, 2020.AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New York’s Hudson Valley and in Vermont. One major concern was the Wrightsville Dam, built in 1935 on the Winooski River north of Vermont’s capital...

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