Teton Dam in Idaho bursts, 14 people killed 50 years ago this hour (June 5 1976)


Video: 'A brief History of: The Teton Disaster (Documentary)'

(Saturday, June 5, 1976, 11:55 a.m. MDT) — 11 people were killed today when the Teton Dam, an earthen dam in eastern Idaho built by the Bureau of Reclamation on the Teton River, suffered a catastrophic failure as it was filling for the first time.

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