Michelle Minkoff, data journalist, Washington; David Lieb, reporter, state government team, Jefferson City, Mo.; and Sudhin Thanawala, reporter, Atlanta, for mining an exclusive data set to reveal – just as heavy rains and flooding in the Southeast put several dams on the brink of failure – that hundreds of dams in the region lack required emergency action plans to help authorities and downstream residents respond to the threat. https://bit.ly/2T1x3Gx
Exclusive: Many dams in U.S. Southeast lack emergency plans
A photo provided by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency shows a potential dam/levee failure in the Springridge Place subdivision in Yazoo County, Miss., Feb. 11, 2020. Amid heavy rains and recent flooding across the southeastern U.S., an AP review identified a public safety concern: hundreds of high hazard dams in the South that lack formal emergency action plans.
David Battaly / Mississippi Emergency Management Agency via AP