China’s Three Gorges Dam generates huge amounts of power and controls flooding, but extreme weather and environmental pressure keep raising hard questions. Its scale, relocation impact, sediment ...

The Oroville Dam lies upstream from the city of Oroville in Northern California. Nearly 200,000 people in Marysville, Yuba, ...

In October 1963, a massive section of mountain collapsed into Italy’s Vajont Reservoir and created a wave that surged over one of the tallest dams ever built. The dam remained standing, but the water ...

Nepal’s devastating floods have renewed scrutiny of China’s mega dam on the Brahmaputra, raising questions over seismic risks, water security and potential downstream consequences for India and the ...

A scandal-hit law firm has sued victims of a Brazilian dam disaster in a fight over one of the biggest legal claims in British history.