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This chapter is similar to Chap. 2, but looks at recent hydro-dams failures and major incidents.
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The difference between tropical storm and cyclone lies in the wind speed.
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Normally expressed as the product of the number of dams by the years in existence.
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Oboni, F., Oboni, C. (2020). Examples of Recent Catastrophic Hydro-Dam Accidents. In: Tailings Dam Management for the Twenty-First Century. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19447-5_3
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