Are New England's dams ready for the 21st century?

The recent devastating flooding in Vermont, caused by massive rainfall into already saturated ground, had officials sounding warnings about the state's dams. Would they hold? The Army Corps of Engineers was on hand to manage the disaster if the dams failed. In the end, they held. Now the question is, for how long?In 2011, a Massachusetts auditor found that 100 dams in the state were unsafe or in poor condition and many communities near those dams did not have emergency action plans to evacuate residents if they failed. As of 2023, 60 of the 100 problem dams are safe but 40 are not.As rain events come more often, what will happen to New England's old dams? Read more in this Boston Globe piece.