Mining Dam Failures Present a Global Danger Massive tailings dams, like this functional one near Antonio Pereira, Brazil, are built by mining companies to hold back the sludge left behind when a ...
THEcomplete failure of the Austin dam, with its resultant loss of property and human life, has naturally drawn attention to the early history of this structure. The dam was constructed in the year ...
These statistics are modest, by modern standards - but the Sadd el-Kafara is not a modern dam. It was built nearly 5,000 years ago. And it was a spectacular failure: archaeologists believe the dam ...
Victims of Tuesday’s two dam failures in central Michigan have filed a flurry of class-action lawsuits against the companies which owned and managed the dams, claiming that massive floods near the ...
A failing dam is causing "extremely dangerous" flooding on a Puerto Rico river in the wake of Hurricane Maria, authorities say. The National Weather Service (NWS) said the "imminent failure" of ...
In this High School Spotlight, FOX 12 meets the St. Helens Lions' queen of the ring and senior captain Kallee Kester. After Oregon sent 300 firefighters and 75 engines to help fight the LA fires ...