What would happen if the Aswan High Dam burst?

I am not a scientist and I didn't really do a study on this topic before but i will give it a try as a hypothetical situation. I Would say a lot of people will die. read more

I am not a scientist and I didn't really do a study on this topic before but i will give it a try as a hypothetical situation. I Would say a lot of people will die. read more

If any dam bursts there will be following consequences: Relationships with Other Hazards Dam can lead to the initiation of a flooding event. The resulting hazard would share some of the characteristics of a flash flood. Dam, failures could also initiate landslide and/or avalanche events, in the areas where the inundation would occur. read more

Bit of background: the Aswan High Dam was a dam completed in the sixties by Egypt at the first cataract of the Nile. It is 3.6 km long, almost a km wide at the base, and generates up to 2.1 gigawatts of power (the Hoover Dam has a capacity of 1.3 gigawatts). read more