On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility company in northern Nebraska had come with a stark warning: Get out of your house. Just a little over a …
Two dozen aging dams in Colorado were in unsatisfactory condition and are located in places where their failure would likely kill at least one person, according to an Associated Press investigation that found at least 1,688 such dams nationwide. The …
At least 17 dams in North Carolina burst from the rain dumped by Hurricane Matthew, most of them in the Cape Fear River Basin. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports state inspectors knew where the rains could cause catastrophic …
At least 11 dams in Southwest Colorado are classified as high-hazard, which means their failure could cause at least one death downstream, including a dam near Durango that was leaking and is being rebuilt. The aging Stagecoach Dam 25 miles …
The owners of thousands of dams across Connecticut will soon be responsible for making sure their structures are safe, and some will have to come up with an emergency plan in case something goes wrong. A new state law passed …