Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After three torrential storms dumped 10 inches of rain on Northern California in nine days in February 1986, Sacramento’s flood ...

China called the Banqiao Dam strong enough for a 10,000-year flood. Then Super Typhoon Nina hit in 1975, the dam burst, and 62 more dams collapsed across Henan in a single night. Entire towns were ...

Water pumping has stabilized El Paso Water's Cement Lake Dam, avoiding what the utility’s top executive said was close to a dam collapse. Sections of Doniphan Drive, Paisano Drive, and Highway Loop ...

Officials are working to prevent the collapse of the Old Killingly Pond Dam after discovering low water levels and seepage. An emergency drawdown of the pond was ordered to reduce pressure on the dam ...

Families on the North Shore of Oahu woke up before dawn Friday to emergency alerts on their phones telling them to leave their homes immediately. By mid-morning, more than 138,000 people were under ...

An earthquake could collapse China's gargantuan Medog Dam on the Brahmaputra River, threatening the lives of over 50 million ...