Dramatic video shows part of Minnesota home fall into raging river after Rapidan Dam failure

RAPIDAN TOWNSHIP, Minn. – In something reminiscent of a dramatic scene in a movie, cameras were rolling the moment a massive section of a Minnesota home was swallowed up by a raging river at the site of a partial dam failure caused by catastrophic and deadly flooding late Tuesday night.

Communities across the region were inundated by flooding this week after days of torrential rain caused rivers and streams to reach some of the highest crests ever and overflow their banks. Some rivers are continuing to rise.

WATCH: FLOODED BLUE EARTH RIVER SWEEPS AWAY BUILDING AT RAPIDAN DAM IN MINNESOTA

Officials in Blue Earth County had warned residents living downstream from the Rapidan Dam on the Blue Earth River south of Mankato that the dam was in danger of an “imminent failure” due to the amount of water and debris flowing downstream.

As the water rose, it began to cut a path along the …