An explosion at a dam in central Washington state Thursday afternoon injured six employees, NBC News reported. The workers were transported to area hospitals — some by ambulance, others by airlift — ...

From the outside, the dam looked solid and immovable. Inside, it was slowly tearing itself apart at the molecular level. A ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call “the death of the river,” they say they could feel it coming. The birds stopped singing, the air grew heavy, and an unusual ...

Firemen escort flood victims in Baldwin Hills in the aftermath of the Baldwin Hills Dam disaster. They wade through the street using a safety rope. Photo dated: Dec. 15, 1963. Photography by Joe ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email TULSA, Okla. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District managed a variety of projects throughout fiscal year ...

When the Edenville Dam failed in May 2020, I found myself viewing this disaster through three different lenses: as a homeowner who lost the lower level of my home, as a realtor helping buyers and ...

Nothing has happened to the dam as reported on social media, according to NIHSA. NIHSA Director General, Mr Clement Nze, in a statement, noted that the dam is safe, saying no explosion whatsoever ...

When Brazil’s Mariana dam collapsed on 5 November 2015, Alinne Ribeiro’s husband was swept away in a cascade of mud and water. It was an environmental catastrophe which caused untold devastation in ...

A UK judge ruled that BHP is strictly and fault-based liable under Brazilian law for the 2015 Fundão dam collapse that killed 19 people and devastated communities. The court allowed over 700,000 ...

(Reuters) -Global miners BHP Group and Vale have offered around $1.4 billion to settle a class action lawsuit in the United Kingdom tied to one of Brazil's worst-ever environmental disasters, the ...

Some dangers hide in plain sight — what looks like a peaceful lake or a simple hole in the ground can, in reality, be a dam. These man-made barriers hold back massive amounts of water, and when they ...