The number of dams in the United States at risk of overtopping is increasing, "threatening their structural integrity and downstream communities," according to a new study from Florida. About 250,000 ...

America's dams are currently averaging 64 years old, and most of us don't give them a second thought until something goes wrong. We drive past them, boat on their reservoirs, and live downstream from ...

Honolulu emergency officials warned residents Friday morning that failure of the Wahiawā Dam was imminent, putting up to ...

Andrew Brown, a senior geoarchaeologist, inspects the camera on a drone before sending it up for another flight over the Rapidan Dam on Monday. Brown and other researchers are using drone imagery to ...

The Dolgarrog Dam disaster of 1925 was a cascade failure that changed the course of UK reservoir safety, heralding a new era in dam safety.

WITH THE FINAL PLAN EXPECTED IN FEBRUARY. WELL, OUR NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT TOLD YOU HOW THOUSANDS OF DAMS IN THE COUNTRY NEED TO BE FIXED IN NEW MEXICO. THERE ARE FIVE THAT NEED IMMEDIATE REPAIR.

The second deadliest dam failure in U.S. history happened suddenly. The St. Francis Dam was a 205-ft-high concrete gravity arch dam located in San Francisquito Canyon, 30 miles north of Los Angeles.

Two major dams in King Count, have done their jobs to protect western Washington state and remained stable Wednesday, despite an intense series of atmospheric river events that breached levees, ...

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