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.

The Blue Earth River following the partial failure of the Rapidan Dam experienced sediment pollution. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says the impacts are still long-lasting, and may take ...

LANSING, MI – The Michigan Court of Claims has denied the state’s motion for summary disposition, allowing a lawsuit over the 2020 Edenville Dam failure to proceed to trial in January. The case ...

On Thursday, a Court of Claims judge dismissed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan after determining a pair of state ...

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 ...

BARTON CITY, MI — A small private dam in Alcona County failed as heavy rain and snowmelt continue pushing rivers and impoundments beyond capacity in northern Michigan. The Michigan Department of ...

It was moving up to the front porches of homes and flooding backyards. Hotels were full of utility linemen and emergency workers. And near the Cheboygan Lock & Dam Complex — the most worrisome area — ...

If the dam fails, it would trigger dangerous and fast-moving flooding downstream that could include razor wire in the debris.