The video shows the Dunlap Dam … The Austin Dam, also referred to as "The Great Granite Dam" failure was a catastrophic dam failure near Austin, Texas that killed several dozen people in 1900. It’s impossible to forget this horrific catastrophe …

A middle Georgia dam has burst, with a local official saying the failure was caused by recent heavy rains. On top of say hundreds of people still dey run from flooding wey tropical storm Harvey cause for di America city of Houston, Texas, one dam where water dey don burst… An instrument at the Lewisville Lake Dam showed pressure building under the downstream side. Police evacuated residents living near a dam southwest of Dallasthat was poised to burst on Wednesday due to surging floodwaters as emergency officials searched for bodies from storms that killed at least 17 in Texas and Oklahoma. Even though it’s been over 100 years since this forceful flood wrecked the city, the Austin Dam Failure remains one of Austin’s biggest tragedies.
T he problem — one of many — first appeared as last May’s record rainstorms quickly filled the region’s reservoirs.
Whaley Bridge evacuated amid fears of dam collapse; Community could be levelled if Toddbrook Resevoir barrier bursts; Around 400 tonnes of aggregate brought in overnight to divert water NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – Video shows the exact moment a spillgate collapsed Tuesday morning in a partial dam failure at Lake Dunlap..

When the Austin Dam burst, people fled for their lives and rushed to escape from the impending danger. The destruction of the dam drained the Lake McDonald reservoir and left the city of Austin without electrical power for a number of months.