The U.S. oversees more than 92,000 dams vital for flood control, power generation, and water supply. Approximately 70 percent ...

When Tropical Storm Helene brought massive rainfall to western North Carolina, it highlighted just how dangerous dam failures can be. As the storm closed in on North Carolina Rutherford County ...

ERWIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJMN) — A lake in the western U.P. has been drained after the discovery of a partial dam failure and extremely low water levels, according to the Department of Natural Resources ...

Lincoln County Emergency Management warns residents the Lower Flower Creek Diversion Dam is compromised due to flooding ...

Water that had been rising steadily for days turned suddenly violent when a key flood barrier along the Green River failed, ...

As major flooding rampages through southern Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, one dam is facing potential failure and collapse. The Rapidan Dam was built in the early 1900s near Mankato, Minnesota, and ...

Residents of about 200 homes in Nashville, Ill., were briefly told to evacuate on Tuesday amid the risk of a dam failure. By Jesus Jiménez Residents of about 200 homes in Washington County, Ill., who ...

The Rapidan Dam in Minnesota is in a precarious state after recent flooding of the Blue Earth River, prompting officials to warn Monday that it is in "imminent failure condition." The Blue Earth ...

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 ...

SAN JACINTO COUNTY, Texas — A “potential failure watch” remained in effect at the Lake Livingston Dam spillway Monday evening. Despite the alert, several nearby residents were unfazed when speaking ...

MANKATO, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Rapidan Dam in south central Minnesota suffered a partial failure on Monday, June 24. The white house on the edge of the Blue Earth River has since fallen into the river.

RAPIDAN — Authorities say the Rapidan Dam, under intense pressure from days of torrential rain and collected debris, is in "imminent failure condition." "There was some debris that got up against the ...