Dam failure and a catastrophic flood in the Mekong basin (Bolaven Plateau), southern Laos, 2018

• Main Authors: Latrubesse, Edgardo Manuel, Park, Edward, Sieh, Kerry, Dang, Thanh, Lin, Yuning Nina, Yun, San-Ho
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Breach; Dams
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154558
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sudden breaching of a saddle dam on July 23, 2018, on the perimeter of the Xe Nammoy hydroelectric-power reservoir, recently constructed in the Mekong basin, southern Laos, caused catastrophic flooding that resulted in fatalities and displaced thousands of individuals. This study aims to (1) assess...