Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The private owner of a dam in Wahiawa that city officials warned could fail and endanger North Shore residents amid a deluge on ...

What would happen if the Hoover Dam failed? While a catastrophic collapse remains extremely unlikely, the real danger facing one of America's greatest engineering achievements is far more complex.

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Needed improvements are finally underway at Rough River Dam.

Buck's Pond was reduced to mud this week after its privately owned dam failed, destroying the gravel road over the 94-year-old dam structure. The dam burst around 8 p.m. Monday, sending all of the ...

Merton officials declared a Level 2 emergency at Millpond Dam due to a sinkhole affecting the retaining wall. Bark Lake upstream is flooded, and its blocked outlet could cause a downstream surge once ...

The number of dams in the United States at risk of overtopping is increasing, threatening their structural integrity and downstream communities, according to new research from the FAMU-FSU College of ...

Barton City — This week's flooding across northern Michigan is being blamed for the collapse of a privately owned dam in Alcona County, washing away the small lake that the structure held back. Buck's ...