Historic Midwestern floods put spotlight on aging U.S. dams
Season 2024
Episode 183
About the Episode
Across the country, new weather extremes are testing aging dams. According to the federal government’s most recent climate assessment, the number of extreme precipitation days in the Midwest has increased 45 percent since the 1950s. Del Shannon, former president of the United States Society on Dams, joins John Yang to discuss.
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