One hundred years ago, a catastrophic flood carrying enormous boulders swept through part of Dolgarrog village, north Wales, destroying several homes, a bridge and the local chapel. Ten adults and six ...
Dams are important. In California, they generate 15% of our energy. They also provide storage for much of our drinking and ...
British Columbia’s power utility says it should have been more proactive about ballooning costs on the massive Site C ...
This disaster, along with the incident at Skelmorlie in Scotland, led to the introduction of the Reservoirs (Safety ...
A century after a dam burst in Dolgarrog, killing 16 people, the Welsh village still lives with the legacy that reshaped UK ...
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America’s Worst Dam Failure

It started with a sound — a low rumble rolling through the valley. Within seconds, the dam gave way, releasing millions of ...
The Fadear Lake dam structure could fail, prompting an uncontrolled release of water from the lake into Fadear Creek. The ...
Ecological economist Nilanjan Ghosh dissects the politics and science of Bengal’s floods, exposing how faulty hydropower ...
B.C. Hydro says in a "lessons learned report" to the British Columbia Utilities Commission that it's on track to complete the ...
This weekend the community will remember its dead on the 100th anniversary of the tragedy. Three academics have warned it ...
The water quality of the Blue Earth River has declined severely since the Rapid Dan Dam failed last year. Our Randall Gimm ...
In August 2025, the state government declared the Paradise Dam rebuild would be a Coordinated Project, a move it said would ...