Disasters waiting to happen: 5 major infrastructure projects in need of repair
Last year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which maintains a database of all the nation’s dams and their risk levels, raised the risk classification for the Mojave Dam in San Bernardino County, California, to high. The 200-foot-high earthen dam was built in 1971 and, if it fails, threatens communities as far away as 140 miles.