The Teton Dam catastrophically failed, killing 11 people, wiping out thousands of livestock and costing the federal ...

Forty-six years have passed since the earthen Teton Dam near Rexburg, Idaho, failed as it was filling for the first time on June 5, 1976. The catastrophic event still affects the lives of the ...

REXBURG — Jed Platt points to the flood line on display inside Rexburg’s Romance Theater as he recounts the stories of locals who lived through the Teton Dam disaster. It’s one of numerous businesses ...

This image provided by the U.S Bureau of Reclamation shows the Teton Dam bursting on June 5, 1976, about 20 miles northeast of Rexburg, Idaho. When this brand-new dam gave way in 1976, 80 billion ...