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At least two major dams in North Carolina were at risk or in the process of failing on Friday , forcing evacuations.
The Waterville Dam in Tennessee had “suffered a catastrophic failure,” a Tennessee mayor said.
Duke Energy , which owns and operates the 208-foot hydroelectric dam, could not immediately confirm that the dam had failed.
Officials in South Carolina have been warned that a failure could even impact towns there.
From 2013 to 2023, 283 dams in the U.S. experienced some kind of failure.
The Association of State Dam Safety Officials estimates it would take $157.5 billion to bring nonfederal dams up to par.
In 2019 , a dam failure in Nebraska drowned a man whose home washed away.
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