[aeonik]

I remember reading a list of industrial disasters, and Dam breaks always had absurdly high death tolls. I remember reading one from China that had several hundred thousand IIRC.

I couldn't find the exact Wikipedia article, but this one is still a pretty interesting read.

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_disaste...

Edit: I think it was this one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure

Though, of course, the exact numbers are contested.

[jhayward]

Attributing casualties from a dam break as energy-related is a stretch. The vast majority of dams are built for flood control. Energy production just helps pay the bills. It's not the 'purpose' of the dam.