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WATCH: Scary Moment Home Plunges Into Swollen Minnesota River
It's been a dangerously stormy June throughout Minnesota, with flooding causing damage to roads, state parks, trails, and more. One specific area of concern has been the Blue Earth River near the Rapidan Dam, which is located about 14 miles south of Mankato, Minnesota. Multiple sources had reported that after...
Video Shows Home Near Damaged Minnesota Dam Being Swept into Flooded River by Rushing Water
Mankato, MN (KROC-AM News)- A home located along a dam in Minnesota that is being overwhelmed by rushing and flooded water has fallen into the river. A weekend of excessive rainfall in southern Minnesota led to increasing water levels on the Blue Earth River. The swollen river began putting pressure...
Video shows iconic home on Rapidan Dam partially collapsing into Blue Earth River in southern Minnesota
RAPIDAN TOWNSHIP, Minn. — The raging Blue Earth River, which caused an abutment of the 114-year-old Rapidan Dam to partially fail, has now swallowed most of the iconic home that sits on a nearby embankment amid Minnesota’s historic flooding. Blue Earth County officials say the collapse occurred on...
Home near Rapidan Dam swept into Blue Earth River
A portion of the house near the western bluff of the Rapidan Dam has collapsed into the Blue Earth River after a partial failure of the dam. Footage of the home was falling into the river was captured just before 10 p.m. Tuesday night as waters breaking around the Rapidan Dam eroded the earth underneath the residence. The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office announced on Monday morning that the Rapidan...
Aerial images show raging water flowing around Rapidan Dam in southern Minnesota
RAPIDAN TOWNSHIP, Minn. — New aerial images from Tuesday morning show strong water continuing to rush around a dam that has partially failed in southern Minnesota.The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office says debris started accumulating on Sunday at the Rapidan Dam, a 114-year-old structure located about 10 miles southwest of Mankato, placing it "in imminent failure condition."As of Tuesday afternoon, the dam is still intact and there are no plans for a larger evacuation. Officials said that there had been a partial failure on the west abutment. That's where part of the river has been diverted, causing erosion and forcing an...
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