The price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars, meaning dam owners could face hard ...

Helene's extreme rainfall flooded East Tennessee and caused authorities to issue evacuations in case of dam failures.

Panicked local officials initially said the Waterville Dam and the Lake Lure Dam had burst, but both were reportedly still ...

Dams across the country are aging, and also facing pressures from urban sprawl and intensifying floods wrought by climate ...

About $14 million in grants will aid in the repair of dams and coastal flood prevention structures across the state, the ...

Brazil’s mega dams rank among the most powerful in the world, but droughts driven by climate change have decreased the dams’ ...

Officials have opened Ambuklao and Binga dams in Benguet province to release water as they near spilling levels.

Dear EarthTalk: "What’s the story with so-called 'deadbeat dams' causing ecosystem problems across the country?" -- George H., Seattle, WA ...

In the past 20 years, four small dams on Long Island have collapsed (not counting Stony Brook and Blydenburgh) and in each ...

Helene, now a weakened post-tropical cyclone, left chaos and destruction across the Southeast. A damage estimate said the storm will cost billions.

In August 1962, on a hilltop overlooking the western shoreline of what today is California’s fifth-largest reservoir, ...

What’s the story with so-called ‘deadbeat dams’ causing ecosystem problems across the country?” — George H., Seattle, WA ...