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 ...

A scandal-hit law firm has sued victims of a Brazilian dam disaster in a fight over one of the biggest legal claims in British history.

Fifty years after the collapse of the Teton Dam, a new book shows how this iconic moment in eastern Idaho is connected to other historic events. Nathaniel Gee, author of “Faith and Fortitude: How ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The devastating flooding in Texas Hill Country has shocked and scared the nation, with Americans from coast to coast waiting for ...

One of Ukraine’s worst ecological disasters in recent years is now the site of a remarkable natural transformation, according to ecologists. The Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper River in Ukraine’s ...

The front page of the Los Angeles Times on March 14, 1928 Los Angeles Times It was three minutes before the stroke of midnight on a windy March 12, 1928, when the St. Francis Dam broke. Many of the ...

A class action lawsuit in the U.K. will decide whether the Fundão tailings dam collapse was the fault of mining companies, Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP) and Miners Vale, which together make up the ...

Beijing's vast upstream hydropower project is drawing scrutiny over seismic hazards, unstable slopes, water security, and its ...

MIDLAND COUNTY, Mich. – A judge has made a decision on the case of the Edenville Dam disaster. The Michigan Court of Claims heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking to hold the state liable for the dam ...

An agreement by Vale (NYSE:VALE), BHP (BHP) and their Samarco joint venture to pay 170B reais (nearly $30B) in compensation for a deadly 2015 dam collapse in Brazil is expected to end more than 100 ...