In the wake of the Kariba Dam disaster, an old debate has been reignited: How do we reconcile science with cultural explanations when disaster strikes?One of the questions being asked is: Is ...

DETROIT — The state of Michigan was cleared of liability Thursday in a disastrous 2020 dam failure that flooded communities, destroyed more than 100 homes and drained a popular lake. Court of Claims ...

Families on the North Shore of Oahu woke up before dawn Friday to emergency alerts on their phones telling them to leave their homes immediately. By mid-morning, more than 138,000 people were under ...

Chance of finding survivors ‘minimal’ after tailings dam at iron ore mine bursts Ten bodies have been found and more than 400 people are unaccounted for after a dam operated by the mining firm Vale ...

Officials are working to prevent the collapse of the Old Killingly Pond Dam after discovering low water levels and seepage. An emergency drawdown of the pond was ordered to reduce pressure on the dam ...

The Mullaperiyar Dam sits in India’s Kerala state, quietly performing a job it has done for more than a century. Built over 100 years ago, it plays a crucial role in supplying water for irrigation and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years after the Teton Dam collapsed, Vincent Poxleitner still remembers the sound of the water, the destruction left behind ...

The collapse of the Teton Dam spilled 80 billion gallons of water into eastern Idaho, killing 11 people and 13,000 head of livestock. Many people were made homeless by the disaster and tens of ...