The arduous task of cleaning up from catastrophic flooding is underway across the Northeast after storms stretched the region’s flood control systems nearly to the breaking point. Managing these flood ...

Concrete dam engineering involves a multidisciplinary approach to ensure structural integrity, durability and safety. Recent advancements have focused on understanding the complex interplay between ...

Eliminating obsolete or unsafe dams could help bolster community safety amid climate-induced weather extremes, watershed experts are recommending. Storms and floods have intensified in both frequency ...

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Across the world, large dams stand as some of humanity’s most ambitious engineering achievements. They are built not only to generate electricity, but to control floods, support agriculture, and ...

The Penacook Lake dam in Concord was assessed to be in poor condition in 2022. (Dana Wormald | New Hampshire Bulletin) Experts predict an increase in extreme precipitation events through the next ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority's dam safety team is celebrating the performance of Nolichucky Dam, though leaders say the surrounding landscape will take years to restore after the 111-year-old ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced that it has begun taking applications for $7.5 billion in credit assistance from a new program that aims to help nonfederal government agencies, ...

A conversation with Christopher Cox, who wrote about the near-failure of the Oroville Dam and whether it could happen again. By Soumya Karlamangla Perhaps you’ve heard that climate change in ...

Water during an extreme flood event could exceed the design capacity of the dam. An "extreme" flooding event at the Mojave River Dam could put hundreds of thousands of Southern California residents ...