Problems
Strategies
Values
Legacy Data
About
Contact
uia.org
The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential
Search Problems
You are here
Home
English
Disastrous failure of natural dams
Nature
Dams can be formed naturally, typically as a result of landslides, avalanches, mud flows, or glacier activity. Most such dams fail rapidly and the sudden release of water temporarily formed into a lake can prove disastrous.
Broader
Dam failures
Natural disasters
This problem is a member of 2 aggravating loops
Aggravates
Floods
Flash floods
[in 2 loops]
Aggravated by
Landslides
Avalanches
Earthquakes
Hazardous glaciers
Value(s)
Disaster
Failure
Unnaturalness
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems