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 ...

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 ...

LANSING, MI — The flooding was historic. But it could have been worse. Dam safety officials say Michigan came far closer to a broad dam disaster during this month’s historic flooding than the public ...

EAU CLAIRE COUTNY, Wis. (WEAU) - The waters of Lake Altoona are at bay as emergency response officials in the area work on protocols in case that stops being the case. “Across the country, Wisconsin ...

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 ...

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 ...