Thousands of Russians have been evacuated from their homes after an embankment dam broke in the southern region of Orenburg, near Kazakhstan, authorities said. The dam in the city of Orsk could ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced access limitations at Harwood Lake and Multiple Use ...

"If that dam collapses, four million tons of poisonous sludge will gush down the mountainside and destroy our village completely. The gold mine isn't even productive anymore. Please remove the ...

You've advised the gold-mining company to remove the embankment dam. Luckily, there is enough money in the budget to clean up this toxic site with the latest technology: cyanide-munching bugs.

Nearly 150 people would probably die if there were a “sudden failure” of the reservoir embankment, according to a scenario ...

MANAWA (WLUK) -- Last summer, the city of Manawa was dealt a serious blow after relentless rainfall overflowed the Mill Pond --causing a bre ach and ultimately, a failure of the Manawa Dam.

Two green bulldozers smoothly spread a mixture of pebble and cement at the construction site of a mountainous dam, followed ...

If immediate repairs are not carried out, they fear that large portions of Haimchar upazila’s Meghna riverbanks may collapse during the upcoming monsoon season ...

Aswan Dam, across the river Nile in Egypt, is the world's largest embankment dam. A dam is a barrier that blocks water to create a human-made lake called a reservoir. Dams can be used to produce ...

The right and left side embankment walls of the dam were severely damaged due to the recent floods, prompting an urgent need for permanent repairs. The dam, constructed in 1949-1950 across the ...