The Blue Earth River following the partial failure of the Rapidan Dam experienced sediment pollution. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says the impacts are still long-lasting, and may take ...

Thousands of residents across northern Oahu were ordered to evacuate on March 20, 2026, after severe flash floods overwhelmed drainage systems and pushed an aging dam toward failure. The crisis forced ...

Five years after the catastrophic failure of the Edenville Dam in Midland County, which led to widespread destruction and forced mass evacuations, the promised repairs remain largely unfulfilled.

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 ...

Moore County neighbors are preparing for potentially more flooding just months after Tropical Storm Chantal brought road washouts and dam failures. Bands of rain moved through Pinehurst on Friday, the ...

Some dangers hide in plain sight — what looks like a peaceful lake or a simple hole in the ground can, in reality, be a dam. These man-made barriers hold back massive amounts of water, and when they ...

During our recent ShakeOut drill, a number of people asked me about dam safety during earthquakes. I am not an earthquake engineer and by no means an expert in dam safety. But I have been poking into ...