This is the fourth in a series of stories highlighting the 50th anniversary of the Teton Dam Disaster. SHELLEY – Fifty years ...

In 1916, San Diego hired Charles Hatfield to solve a drought by making it rain. What followed was two weeks of devastating ...

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 ...

The collapse of the Teton Dam spilled 80 billion gallons of water into eastern Idaho, killing 11 people and 13,000 head of livestock. Many people were made homeless by the disaster and tens of ...

Honolulu officials urged residents near the Wahiawa Dam in Honolulu on Friday morning to evacuate the area immediately after a massive dam failure caused "potential life-threatening flooding of ...

Residents in Cheboygan, Michigan, have been put on notice that the local dam could break at any time. The region has ...

BHP Group Ltd. is liable to compensate hundreds of thousands of victims of a devastating dam collapse in Brazil, a London judge ruled, moving closer to a potential multi-billion dollar payout a decade ...

LONDON -- A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil's worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a ...

Muddy floodwaters from severe rains inundated streets, pushed homes off their foundations, swallowed vehicles and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of residents in towns north of Honolulu on ...

After three torrential storms dumped 10 inches of rain on Northern California in nine days in February 1986, Sacramento’s flood protections were bursting at the seams. Something had to give — and did.