On the night of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam suffered a catastrophic failure that unleashed billions of gallons of ...

On June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam disaster in Idaho released 80 billion gallons of water onto populated valley cities below, ...

Lawyers appealing the Edenville Dam case say Michigan negligence, not rain alone, caused the 2020 failure and massive flood damage.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Across the nation, dams are deteriorating while the storms pounding against them grow stronger and more frequent. The result: A ...

Fifty years after the Teton Dam failure devastated Idaho communities, project engineer Vincent Poxleitner recalls the ...

The number of dams in the United States at risk of overtopping is increasing, "threatening their structural integrity and downstream communities," according to a new study from Florida. About 250,000 ...

A judge sided against Sanford-area residents pursuing a lawsuit against the state of Michigan, determining they didn't prove the state was liable for damages caused by the 2020 Edenville and Sanford ...

Five years after the Edenville and Sanford dam failures, opening arguments began Monday in a Michigan Court of Claims civil bench trial, expected to last up to three weeks. With Judge James Redford ...

Water rushed through the Hesperia Dam in western Michigan on Wednesday, flooding a nearby embankment and walking trail.Officials said the dam could potentially fail, and the National Weather Service ...