It started with a sound — a low rumble rolling through the valley. Within seconds, the dam gave way, releasing millions of ...

One hundred years ago, a catastrophic flood carrying enormous boulders swept through part of Dolgarrog village, north Wales, ...

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

The water quality of the Blue Earth River has declined severely since the Rapid Dan Dam failed last year. Our Randall Gimm ...

Mass. plans to remove over 10% of the state's 3,000 dams by 2050. The state has 318 dams ranked as high-hazard. Nearly $2 million will fund repair for several dams in Central Mass. WEST BOYLSTON — ...

Dams are important. In California, they generate 15% of our energy. They also provide storage for much of our drinking and ...

Rescuers searched early Wednesday for two people missing in floodwaters in South Carolina, while authorities urged residents in hundreds of homes to seek higher ground as a dam threatened to fail.

This weekend the community will remember its dead on the 100th anniversary of the tragedy. Three academics have warned it ...

This disaster, along with the incident at Skelmorlie in Scotland, led to the introduction of the Reservoirs (Safety ...

In August 2025, the state government declared the Paradise Dam rebuild would be a Coordinated Project, a move it said would ...

UPDATE (4:40 pm) I’ve put Councilman Philip Kingston’s response at the bottom of this post. Original item: Finally, the Philip Kingston exchange. I’d like to remind you what we’re talking about here.

WEST BOYLSTON — Some of the state’s top environmental officials were in West Boylston recently to celebrate progress. They gazed at the fast-moving Quinapoxet River from an elevated perch and noted ...