Waves crash over gates at Gavins Point on windy day

Waves crash over gates at Gavins Point on windy day

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- It was a dramatic sight Friday morning at Gavins Point Dam west of Yankton, as white-cap waves on Lewis and Clark Lake crashed into the dam, splashing up and over the spillway gates. Wind pushes water over the Gavins Point Dam The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) said this activity, though dramatic, is not a danger to the dam itself. "What you're seeing is simply wind-driven wave action - not water being…