A dam collapse at a Sino Metals copper mine triggered an environmental crisis along a major Zambian waterway in February.

In May 2020, Michigan faced a nightmare. The Edenville Dam suddenly collapsed, unleashing a massive wall of water that roared ...

The Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine once stood 30 meters high and stretched 3.2 kilometers across the Dnieper River, creating one of ...

In northwestern Iran, the once-vast expanse of Lake Urmia has shrunk to a fraction of its former size, losing more than 95 ...

In October 2005 the eyes of the country were on Taunton as a dam threatened to give way. Here's what it was like from the ...

The Fadear Lake dam structure could fail, prompting an uncontrolled release of water from the lake into Fadear Creek. The ...

In 1975, China’s Banqiao Dam — designed to withstand a “10,000-year flood” — collapsed under the force of Supertyphoon Nina.

A regional district in the B.C. Interior has declared a state of local emergency as an illegal, human-made dam threatens to burst.

The most common cause of dam failures is overtopping where the spillway cannot cope with floodwaters. Reservoir safety may also be challenged by rapid or sustained water level lowering during droughts ...

A century after a dam burst in Dolgarrog, killing 16 people, the Welsh village still lives with the legacy that reshaped UK ...