This presumes the gigantic water mass in the dam would stay within the downstream river banks when released. Water is not that polite... https://en.wikipedia.

This presumes the gigantic water mass in the dam would stay within the downstream river banks when released. Water is not that polite... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_disasters_by_death_toll#Ten_deadliest_floods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_disasters_by_d...