Dam failures caught on camera | Dam Failure Compilation

When you see a dam starting to break its VERY important that you stand next to it watching until the very last second. Only then should you run for your life.

I learned so much from this video. Particularly how urgent sounding drum beats can be heard whenever a dam collapses.

Makes perfect sense to casually stand around and watch the failure starting then be surprised when you can’t outrun the water.

If I'm not mistaken the dam in Brazil was a mining dumping ground that held super toxic waste. The government was warned for like 10 years like "hey bud, that dam is not safe and could go anytime" governments response "it'll buff out"

Big thanks to engineers for making this video possible. Edit: People have found some many other people to give big thanks also!

The fact it happens so often that you are able to make a 15 minute compilation is mesmerizing to me

I don't know how I landed on these videos but now I can't stop watching

The total lack of urgency from most people caught in these is just frustrating as hell

The guy in the motor grader blocking the road was just a huge fail.

That wind gusting out of the tunnel may be one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever seen

Took a tour of the Hoover dam located between Arizona and Nevada. They took us to the bottom of the dam where we were 726 feet below the water and millions of tons of concrete and earth above our heads! Sobering thought! The forces exerted on the dam structure are incomprehensible but you know they are there and rhey are above you! Very intriguing!

I learned from this video that you should always run down hill and straight away from a dam failure. Also, if you are right next to the rushing water you are completely safe, there is no chance the ground will erode underneath you.

These just make you say, "Dam..."

The speed of the air being forced out of that tunnel in Columbia was insane! I wouldn't be surprised if it was pushing 250 km/h

Supervisor: And you checked BOTH bolts? Me: yes 11:17

I live on what used to be Sanford lake, it's gone, washed down river into Saginaw Bay then Lake Huron. 3 dams actually failed that night! Thank goodness the warning system was up to par. They knew this was a real possibility for over 15yrs us locals have been screaming for repairs to be made but once again politicians did nothing. Arguing over who was to pay. Very lucky so few were hurt. But our town was wiped out, still the dams haven't even been touched. Our super smart government officials raised the lake level 3" for some dam mussel that was found in Wixom lake. The collapse happened days after but nobody's talking about that either. God help our country because our politicians sure aren't!

I can't believe those guys just sat there and watched the Mariana dam fail and weren't running for their lives. It looked like it overwhelmed them.

Without a doubt both of the Brazillian accidents were by far the worst ones. Specially because they weren't just normal dams, but dams used for mining, all of that water was heavily contaminated, so all that soil and groundwater below was also (and still is) filled with all kinds of toxic waste and heavy metals.

Lived in Paradise when the Dam broke in Oroville. It was insane the amount of water that ripped through there. 1000’s of residents evac’d and the destruction took years to fix.

9:00 was insane!! Looked like something out of an action movie. Can't believe that guy made that run!