Worse floods, deterioration pose threats to US dam safety
By Michael Phillis and John Hanna | Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Early last week, floodwater in rural Minnesota pushed debris against a more than century-old dam and then carved …
By Michael Phillis and John Hanna | Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Early last week, floodwater in rural Minnesota pushed debris against a more than century-old dam and then carved …
A plan to build the largest new reservoir in California in 50 years will face a new round of legal challenges. Less than three weeks after a judge rejected a …
Plans to build the largest new reservoir in California in 50 years have taken a significant step forward, following a judge’s decision to reject a lawsuit by environmental groups opposed …
Colusa County is known for sprawling rice farms and almond orchards, wetlands full of migrating ducks and geese, staunch conservative politics, and the 19th-century family cattle ranch where former Gov. …
By Ashok Sharma and Sibi Arasu | Associated Press NEW DELHI — Hundreds of rescuers dug through slushy debris and fast-flowing, icy water Friday in a search for survivors after …
Construction crews are halfway finished on a project to dig a 1,740-foot outlet tunnel — roughly as long as five football fields — through bedrock near Anderson Dam in Morgan …
Six years after unveiling plans to build a 320-foot high dam and reservoir at Pacheco Pass in southern Santa Clara County, the largest water district in Silicon Valley still hasn’t …
By Jan M. Olsen | Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A dam in southern Norway partially burst Wednesday following days of heavy rain that triggered landslides and flooding in the …