One hundred years ago, a catastrophic flood carrying enormous boulders swept through part of Dolgarrog village, north Wales, destroying several homes, a bridge and the local chapel. Ten adults and six ...

In the rural community of Jangada, in the municipality of ​​Brumadinho in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, the water that supplies local families comes from springs that emerge onsite. In a Youtube video ...

The concentrations of lead and other toxic elements exceed FAO limits for children and could pose long term health issues.

This requires better water resource management and a set of structural measures: clearing riverbeds, early warning systems, restoring watersheds, reforestation, strict enforcement of water laws, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Natural disasters have a way of reminding us just how unpredictable and powerful nature can be. Some events in history sound like ...

This is the second in a series of stories highlighting the 50th anniversary of the Teton Dam Disaster. Read our first installment here. IDAHO FALLS – Richard Robison was 13 when he saw the collapse of ...

SANFORD, Mich. (WNEM) – Dam disaster recovery is reaching the final stages in Sanford. More than five years after the catastrophic flood, crews are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Brad ...

The front page of the Los Angeles Times on March 14, 1928 Los Angeles Times It was three minutes before the stroke of midnight on a windy March 12, 1928, when the St. Francis Dam broke. Many of the ...

Vale, the Brazilian company that owns the dam that burst at one of its mines killing dozens and leaving hundreds missing, is the world's biggest iron-ore miner - and its reputation has taken a harsh ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marilda Lyrio de Oliveira, an Indigenous leader from the area affected by the 2015 Mariana mine dam disaster in Brazil, is ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The wall of a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine that Moscow controls collapsed Tuesday after a reported explosion, sending water gushing downriver and prompting dire ...