Likely could, but the few that would be killed would more probably be those who refused to leave - ignoring the warnings and staying when their town and house o

Likely could, but the few that would be killed would more probably be those who refused to leave - ignoring the warnings and staying when their town and house on a hill became a house on an island, until eventually they are trapped on the roof. To their credit, though, if the dam failed and began flooding the many billions of dollars of infrastructure below, there would be tons of heavy construction equipment working around the clock to try to restore it. Just a betting game of how fast you think that equipment would get its job done.