The U.S. oversees more than 92,000 dams vital for flood control, power generation, and water supply. Approximately 70 percent ...
Water that had been rising steadily for days turned suddenly violent when a key flood barrier along the Green River failed, sending a fast-moving surge into low-lying neighborhoods and industrial ...
After extensive rain on Monday night, a Nashville, Illinois, dam overtopped forcing the evacuation of approximately 200 people who live downstream. First responders rescued at least one resident from ...
The dam at the Nashville City Reservoir in Nashville, Illinois, is in "imminent" danger of failure, according to the Washington County Emergency Management Agency. Residents have been warned to ...
The second deadliest dam failure in U.S. history happened suddenly. The St. Francis Dam was a 205-ft-high concrete gravity arch dam located in San Francisquito Canyon, 30 miles north of Los Angeles.
National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists are urging North Carolina residents in Rutherford County downstream of the Lake Lure Dam to evacuate immediately as the dam is at risk of imminent failure ...