Lake Powell and Lake Mead—giant reservoirs that store Colorado River water behind Glen Canyon Dam and Hoover Dam, respectively—were full in the year 2000, but today are two-thirds empty, as water ...

BOULDER, Colorado — Negotiations over a new operating plan for the Colorado River are being hobbled by the federal government’s failure to take a more aggressive role in the discussions ...

One notable example is the Rapidan Dam, a well-known and well-traveled-to location which was severely damaged and made the nearby bridge on County Road 9 unsafe for travelers. Erosion around the ...

One notable example is the Rapidan Dam, a well-known and well-traveled-to location which was severely damaged and made the nearby bridge on County Road 9 unsafe for travelers. Erosion around the ...

The year was 1976, and the United States was preparing for a bicentennial celebration across the country. But on June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam in southern Idaho failed, leaving a path of devastation in ...

The issue of dam safety was not widely recognized until 1889, when the failure of South Fork Dam near Johnstown, Pa., claimed more than 2,200 lives, resulting in the worst dam failure in United States ...

People drive a RZR at Lone Rock Beach by the shores of Lake Powell in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah on Saturday, March 27, 2021. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News ...

The 35th annual Grand Canyon Star Party is set for June 21 through June 28, giving participants a chance to glimpse spectacular celestial sites under the park's dark skies. The event takes place on ...

Anfield Energy, a Canadian company, also looks to reopen the Shootaring Canyon uranium mill in southern Utah near Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. It closed in the early 1980s. A uranium mill ...

The death toll in the flood that ravaged Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State has increased to 200. According to the BBC, no fewer than 500 people are still missing, with rescue efforts ...

Last September, a similar situation involving heavy rains and a dam failure in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, resulted in at least 30 deaths and displaced millions.According to a 2022 Unicef report ...

How the Oroville Dam Nearly Collapsed – A Catastrophic Engineering Failure Posted: May 30, 2025 | Last updated: May 30, 2025 The Oroville Dam crisis in 2017 stands as one of the most dramatic ...