Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Updated Oct. 15 at 1:29 p.m. A colossal dam is near completion on ...

Ethiopia has confirmed that it has finished filling the reservoir at its giant new dam, which uses water from the Nile. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) is on the Blue Nile tributary in ...

Even after Wilbur’s proclamation, the dam was referred to in the press by both names, but it was called Hoover in all official documents and congressional appropriations bills. When Hoover lost ...

Ishika Jain September 26, 2024 12:30 PM IST Venture into the tranquil haven of Amboli, a hill station located in Maharashtra, embraced by the rich greenery of the Western Ghats. Experience its ...

The Ghost Dam will be relocated downstream as part of an extreme-weather mitigation plan aimed at floods of the once-a-century variety, such as the massive regional flood of 2013, the province has ...

The authorities were evacuating people downstream from the Nolichucky Dam, warning that a breach could cause deadly flooding. By John Yoon The Nolichucky Dam in eastern Tennessee remained intact ...

Officials in Cocke County, Tennessee said on Friday afternoon that the Waterville Dam, just over the state line in North Carolina, had failed and ordered everyone in downtown Newport to get out.

In a following update to Facebook, nearly 3 hours later, Mathis said the dam had been "breached, but not catastrophic as of last report." "This news has bought us some time. The evacuation is ...

A structural engineer assessed the Lake Lure dam Friday evening and determined its failure is not imminent, a town official said. The Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina overtopped Friday ...

Andrew Van Dam writes the Department of Data column each week for The Washington Post. He has covered economics and wrangled data and graphics for The Post and the Wall Street Journal. He got his ...