Laos dam collapse highlights global hydropower amnesia (commentary)

Mongabay
Aug 20, 2018, 1:44 pm377 pts
When the dam broke, it brought with it a torrent of water and mud, killing at least 31 people and displacing upwards of 6,000 people across Laos and Cambodia. Reported numbers of those still missing range from “many” to “hundreds.” The flood, by even the secretive Lao government’s conservative…

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