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Newport leaders search for solutions to aging dams on the brink of failure

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Two 50-year-old earthen dams are at high risk of failure — threatening homes, Highway 101 and the economic prospects of the largest tourism hub on the central coast. Now Newport leaders are pushing for a fix that they need to happen sooner rather than later. Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/tech/science/environment/aging-dams-threaten-newport-homes-and-water-supply/283-17e0d8b7-be3c-4578-b9df-c44bc70526fd Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw

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central-coast environment local north-coast science tech the-story oregon coast newport oregon dam failure dam breaking earthen dam cascadia subduction zone dam retrofitting the big one oregon earthquake

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