We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Tous Dam in Spain. Four years after the dam was completed, heavy rainfall overtopped the dam and flooded low lying areas downstream.
Episode Sources
● https://damfailures.org/case-study/tous-dam-spain-1982/
● https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/generate_chart_e.html?StationID=50430&month=6&day=7&Year=2013&timeframe=2&type=bar&MeasTypeID=totprecip&Month=6&Day=18
● https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantanada_de_Tous
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