For riders on the Carretera Austral, this could mean years of major roadworks and heavy dam-building machinery on the route.

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And in Michigan, Midland County Sheriff Scott Stephenson said a "major" rupture emerged in the Kawkawlin Dam, a 12-foot breach sending water through the structure.

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And the major part of the project is a huge dam called the Cofferdam, which has been built to hold back the water from the docks.

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About 20 miles upstream from the dam, residents of Miaohe village are being resettled following a major landslide in April.

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At the time, Dilma was the Minister of Mines and Energy and her major project on the books was the 11, 200 megawatt Belo Monte dam, slated to be built along the Xingu River in the Amazon state of Para.

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