The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared Egypt as malaria-free. The declaration marks the end of a nearly ...

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 ...

Despite having the mighty Zambezi River and the massive hydro-powered Kariba Dam, Zambia is currently grappling with the worst electricity blackouts in living memory. The crisis is so severe that ...

Three people were on board a fishing vessel when it capsized near Wheeler Dam, killing a 72-year-old Tennessee man, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Street View Image from August ...

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 ...

Behind the wall the river swelled and submerged old mining and cattle townships. A push by the Wakka Wakka people to call the dam Degilbo — "big rock in the river" — was rejected. The ...

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.

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The filling of the reservoir was anticipated to flood approximately 642.634 acres of land in a stretch of 25km upstream of the dam area within the 100 metres from the highest water mark across the ...

GRAINGER COUNTY, Tenn. — A thirty-four-year-old man has been hurt in a boat wreck on Cherokee Lake near the Cherokee Dam, according to the New Market Volunteer Fire Department. According to the ...

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — A record amount of water is rushing through the power turbines and spillways of Douglas Dam. Normally at this time of year, the dam would be drawn down to get ready for the ...

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 ...