Dam spillway gates control enormous volumes of water, but a single mechanical failure can trigger dangerous flooding, rapid ...

July 19, 1985, just past noon. In the Stava Valley, nestled in the Dolomites of northern Italy, people spending their summer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The devastating flooding in Texas Hill Country has shocked and scared the nation, with Americans from coast to coast waiting for ...

One hundred years ago, a catastrophic flood carrying enormous boulders swept through part of Dolgarrog village, north Wales, destroying several homes, a bridge and the local chapel. Ten adults and six ...

One of Ukraine’s worst ecological disasters in recent years is now the site of a remarkable natural transformation, according to ecologists. The Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper River in Ukraine’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dam collapse in Sudan has left at least 30 people dead and at least 20 villages destroyed, the United Nations has said, ...

MIDLAND COUNTY, Mich. – A judge has made a decision on the case of the Edenville Dam disaster. The Michigan Court of Claims heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking to hold the state liable for the dam ...

An agreement by Vale (NYSE:VALE), BHP (BHP) and their Samarco joint venture to pay 170B reais (nearly $30B) in compensation for a deadly 2015 dam collapse in Brazil is expected to end more than 100 ...

Fifty years after the collapse of the Teton Dam, a new book shows how this iconic moment in eastern Idaho is connected to other historic events. Nathaniel Gee, author of “Faith and Fortitude: How ...

Bill Whitaker may not be a household name today, but for a brief time during his childhood, he was part of Hollywood. His ...