Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Water pumps are used to drain high water on 5th Street on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 in Menasha, Wis. Thunderstorms and heavy ...

America's dams are currently averaging 64 years old, and most of us don't give them a second thought until something goes wrong. We drive past them, boat on their reservoirs, and live downstream from ...

There's never been a giant dam failure in the US modern era, and a team of researchers is looking to keep it that way. Reading time 3 minutes Dams in the United States might have damage that is ...

Risk assessment and management of dam safety encompass the systematic processes of identifying potential failure modes, quantifying their likelihood and consequences, and applying measures to prevent, ...

(WLUK) -- The Big Falls Dam is holding steady, according to the latest reports, but a dam near Shawano is now at risk of failing. Some residents below the Big Falls Dam evacuated after a flash flood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Water was everywhere. It was moving up to the front porches of homes and flooding backyards. Hotels were full of utility linemen ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This coverage was made possible through a partnership between Grist and ...

During our recent ShakeOut drill, a number of people asked me about dam safety during earthquakes. I am not an earthquake engineer and by no means an expert in dam safety. But I have been poking into ...