America's dams are currently averaging 64 years old, and most of us don't give them a second thought until something goes ...

Aging infrastructure and rising water levels are increasing the number of dams at risk of overtopping, threatening their structural integrity and potentially putting downstream communities in peril.

The second deadliest dam failure in U.S. history happened suddenly. The St. Francis Dam was a 205-ft-high concrete gravity arch dam located in San Francisquito Canyon, 30 miles north of Los Angeles.

Over several days, what had been a low-key fishing hole in a far-flung corner of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula disappeared. After heavy rains last June, the wooden stoplogs on a dam that held back the ...

NORWAY — Following a surge of complaints about low water levels over the summer, engineers inspected the dam linking Pennesseewassee Lake and Pennesseewassee Stream to determine whether water was ...

MIDLAND CO., Mich. (WNEM) - Attorney Ven Johnson joined 30 victims of the historic flooding in Gladwin, Midland, and Saginaw counties on the anniversary of the flood, saying the state of Michigan has ...