On Nov.6, 1977 at approximately 1:30 a.m.., the Kelly Barnes Dam failed, sending floodwaters over 186-foot-high Toccoa Falls and onto the campus of Toccoa Falls Bible College. The steep ravine ...

In the middle of the night on Nov. 6, 1977, the Kelly Barnes Dam near Toccoa Falls, Georgia, gave way, unleashing a wall of water that killed 39 people. In a report, federal investigators blamed the ...

On Nov. 6, 1977, the Kelly Barnes Dam burst above Toccoa Falls College in Stephens County, Georgia. The flood waters poured over the falls and swept through the college campus, killing 39 people.

Dam failures have killed thousands of people in the United States and caused billions of dollars in damages. Here's a look at some of the worst.