27 following reports that a North Carolina dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure," though the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said around 4:40 p.m. it was told by Duke Energy the dam had ...

Emergency crews and residents scrambled Friday as Helene — the hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm — overwhelmed the Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina, causing damage and erosion ...

These sudden releases occur when a dam holding back water adjacent to a glacier fails. These dams can be made either of the ice of the glacier itself or of rocky material deposited by a past ...

The Lake Manatee dam was never built to hold back the massive amount of floodwater that inundated nearby homes during Tropical Storm Debby. Officials say additional flood control measures are ...

Officials in Cocke County, Tennessee said on Friday afternoon that the Waterville Dam, just over the state line in North Carolina, had failed and ordered everyone in downtown Newport to get out.

Fatima Yakubu cannot believe that she and her six children are still alive after a dam collapsed following torrential rains in north-eastern Nigeria. The family, who live south of the city of ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. – Authorities went house-to-house urging people below the dam of a popular lake in the western North Carolina mountains to evacuate Friday after officials warned the barrier ...

Although the flood disaster in Maiduguri and some other parts of Borno State was not caused by the release of water from Lagdo Dam, the fear is that the release of water from Lagdo Dam will have ...

The Grand Ethiopian Dam, built over the Blue Nile’s tributary, will provide electricity to millions of people. So why then is it the focus of an international dispute? In 2023, the reservoir ...

A structural engineer assessed the Lake Lure dam Friday evening and determined its failure is not imminent, a town official said. The Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina overtopped Friday ...

Surat: With inflows of over 1.43 lakh cusecs into the Ukai dam, authorities announced plans to increase the water discharge to 1.85 lakh cusecs by Monday night. Discharge had been maintained at 1. ...

MANILA, Philippines — La Mesa Dam continued to discharge water as its level remained above its limits amid persistent rains. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services ...