When Tropical Storm Helene brought massive rainfall to western North Carolina, it highlighted just how dangerous dam failures can be. As the storm closed in on North Carolina Rutherford County ...
A construction worker was injured Tuesday morning when a crane flipped over and hit the Post Falls Dam. The accident caused minor cosmetic damage at the site, but there is no risk of dam failure, said ...
When the Tolt Dam alarm went off in July 2020, Jim Ribail was on Redmond Ridge, but his daughter was at home in Carnation. His daughter called, notifying him of the alarm. After telling her to ...
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State's role in dam failure under scrutiny

The State of Michigan's role in the Edenville and Sanford dams is being examined in a Michigan Court of Claims bench trial that began Monday ...
The state Department of Environmental Conservation should improve oversight and enforcement of compliance with the state’s dam safety regulations to guard against potential costly and life-threatening ...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Michigan judge has issued a ruling allowing a lawsuit filed against the state by victims of mid-Michigan flooding in 2020 to proceed toward trial. Judge James Robert Redford of ...
Wisconsin is seeing more frequent dam failures in another sign that the storms blowing through the state are growing stronger. Wisconsin recorded 34 dam failures from 2000 through 2023, the ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Crews have successfully installed a temporary barrier at Longhorn Dam to prevent a further drop in water level at Lady Bird Lake after one of the dam’s gates failed Tuesday. According ...
Six months after Hurricane Debby deluged hundreds of Manatee County homes, new reports answer questions about the Lake Manatee Dam’s role in the flooding. Some residents have wondered whether the ...
We are not happy yet, and we are not going to declare this dam safe,” said Wally Ramokopa, Head of the Specialist Unit: Dam ...
A new report shows Wisconsin is seeing dam failures more frequently, in another sign that the state is seeing stronger storms. More than 80% of the failures — 28, to be exact — happened since the ...