Flood waters pushed up against the Rapidan Dam in Minnesota and eroded land around it on Monday, prompting officials to declare the dam in danger of imminent collapse.
Overhead footage depicted massive piles of wood and debris pressed up against the dam, with flood waters creating a path around the dam by eroding land and destroying trees and a road.
This video was just sent to me. The Rapidan dam is in bad shape. This thing was built in 1908 and there are concerns it will be completely lost. The Dam store is also in serious danger. pic.twitter.com/VvUASfxlby
— Nick Lewis 3⃣7⃣ (@NickLewis37) June 24, 2024
Current look of the Rapidan Dam, south of Mankato in Minnesota which is in "imminent failure condition"…..#RapidanDampic.twitter.com/Wx4kc8ZdeM
— Volcaholic
(@volcaholic1) June 24, 2024
Rapidan Dam just south of Manakto. Imminent failure condition. The video is surreal.https://t.co/kUIzpfQnke pic.twitter.com/xjJ7CfwlaY
— Seth Kaplan
(@Seth_Kaplan) June 24, 2024
#BREAKING: Emergency officials are on high alert as a Minnesota dam is in imminent danger of critical failure ⁰⁰
#Rapidan | #Minnesota
Currently, emergency officials and dam operators in Rapidan, Minnesota, are on high alert following recent heavy flooding of the Blue Earth… pic.twitter.com/SBUjh7Kh5Y
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) June 24, 2024
Rapidan Dam this morning. pic.twitter.com/u1iJJOftr0
— Jason Leary (@jasonlcvcmn) June 24, 2024
“The Dam is in imminent failure condition,” the Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Dept. announced in a Facebook update Monday morning. “We do not know if it will totally fail or if it will remain in place, however we determined it was necessary to issue this notification to advise downstream residents and the correct regulatory agencies and other local agencies.”
An update from the sheriff’s office Monday afternoon said “The dam [is] still intact and there are no current plans for a mass evacuation.”
The dam’s imminent failure was seen by many as the perfect symbol of America’s collapsing infrastructure under Biden, while the uni-party worries more about funneling money to foreign countries.
The Rapidam Dam in Minnesota is collapsing.
Another American disaster.
Hurry !! We must send more money to Ukraine.
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) June 24, 2024
— Andre Nuta
(@andre_nuta) June 24, 2024
Minnesota is seeing massive flooding and the Rapidan Dam is in the verge of failure
Joe Biden is isolated in Camp David “debate prepping”
Inexcusable pic.twitter.com/4W85TvtwYC
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) June 24, 2024