Abstract: Despite the numerous advantages dams pose a risk if not properly designed or maintained. With the changes in climate there are extreme events going on and increased precipitation is the most ...

More than five and a half years after the Edenville Dam collapsed, an 11-day civil bench trial closed Tuesday in the Michigan Court of Claims. Attorney Tom Waun, with Ven Johnson Law, said both he and ...

Before a massive dam on the Dnieper River burst in what Ukraine says was an act of sabotage by Russian forces, the Kakhovka Reservoir was big and broad and reached a depth of up 26 meters -- a body of ...

LAKE WYNONAH — Officials have ordered a partial drawdown of Lake Wynonah due to seepage problems found along the dam. In October, the state Department of Environmental Protection ordered a controlled ...

Sirens went off at 1 a.m. Tuesday near Estacada, along with public warnings that Portland General Electric’s River Mill dam could fail and area residents should evacuate immediately, people in the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A “false alarm” left residents shaken along the Clackamas River early Tuesday morning over fears that Rivermill Dam had malfunctioned. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - Polk County residents may return home Monday after previously being asked to evacuate an area threatened by a dam breach. The owners of the damaged dam at Carter Lake said ...

Newton County Sheriff Colton Havard arrested the fourth and final suspect Tuesday in connection with a deadly conduct incident that occurred in Kirbyville on Feb. 2. Applications for Texas school ...

Polk County officials say residents who evacuated over the weekend because of a breach in the Carter Lake Dam might have to wait several more days before learning whether it’s safe to go home. Late ...