Half of dams risk crumbling
Half of dams risk crumbling
- 2000
- Times 13 November 2000, 7(1) .
Insurance industry warns that up to 1,300 dams are at severe risk of crumbling. Global warming triggering extreme weather could increase 'overtopping' in which flood waters rise over the top of dams and erodes their earth embankments. Considers a report by the Chartered Insurance Institute on the impact of climate change in the UK.
DAMS
GLOBAL WARMING
CLIMATE CHANGE
FLOODING
Insurance industry warns that up to 1,300 dams are at severe risk of crumbling. Global warming triggering extreme weather could increase 'overtopping' in which flood waters rise over the top of dams and erodes their earth embankments. Considers a report by the Chartered Insurance Institute on the impact of climate change in the UK.
DAMS
GLOBAL WARMING
CLIMATE CHANGE
FLOODING