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Nebraska dam had history of ice issues before fatal failure

by Associated Press
| April 21, 2020 10:03 AM

A Nebraska dam that collapsed under pressure from an icy flood had a history of unaddressed ice issues and had no formal emergency plan because regulators wrongly assumed that no one would die if it failed, according a report released Tuesday.

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