H.778 aims to target the state’s “high-hazard potential” dams, or those that would likely endanger human life if they were to fail. Of the roughly 1,000 dams in the state, there are 74 dams that fall ...

A donation from a California company should help keep the Sumas fire station relatively dry the next time the Nooksack River floods. Heavy flooding In December forced Fire District 14 to evacuate the ...

Houston City Council is taking another step toward funding improvements to the Lake Houston Dam that city leaders say will ...

Vermont is removing abandoned dams to help prevent flooding and restore the state's ecology. Recent catastrophic floods have increased interest and accelerated the removal of these derelict structures ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- With underwater stairs and a submerged gazebo, there are visual reminders of just how high the San Joaquin River has reached near the Wildwood Mobile Home Park in Madera ...

A research team at Kennesaw State University is building a low-cost, wireless system to help detect problems in aging dams before they become dangerous, offering a new way to protect communities and ...

The Suicide Basin on 22 July before it reached full capacity due to glacial flooding, in Juneau. (Photo: United States Geological Survey) Newly installed river barriers held back record levels of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- With heavy rain in the forecast for Friday, San Francisco officials are taking a new approach to prevent flood damage. A new type of flood barrier has been put up in a ...

A combination of heavy rainstorms and snowmelt caused the water held back by the coffer dam to overtop an emergency spillway, ...