Teton Dam Failure, June 1976. During the first filling of the reservoir, the dam burst when the water was 270 feet deep. It drained in less than 6 hours, setting off more than 200 landslides in the canyon below, taking 11 lives, and causing millions of dollars of property damage. Photo courtesy U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
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