In the wake of the deadly July 4 Guadalupe River flooding that killed 119 people in Kerr County, much attention has been focused on the lack of warning systems, which left sleeping campers, residents ...

With rising temperatures intensifying precipitation and flood risks, water authorities are rethinking dam safety and ...

China has begun construction on the world's largest hydropower dam, a project so massive that Premier Li Qiang called it the "project of the century." But the dam could also create a big problem for ...

The Shuangjiangkou hydropower project, located in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan province, China, has reached a significant milestone. On May 1, 2025, the project began ...

The Chinese government has said it's moving ahead with building a series of dams that will eclipse anything it has built before. The massive hydroelectric project will help the energy-hungry country ...

China has built more dams than any other country and more large dams than the rest of the world combined. This month, it officially acknowledged construction of the biggest dam ever conceived in human ...

Beaver Lake has a major birthday next year, the big 6-0. The sparkling reservoir that gives us water to drink and all kinds of outdoor recreation was completed in 1966, but the effort to build Beaver ...

A group pushing to resurrect decades-old plans to build a dam on the Duck River in Columbia, Tennessee, is working with U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles to secure congressional funding to fast-track a feasibility ...

Over the past two centuries, the construction of thousands of dams has done more than just tame rivers – it has shifted the Earth’s North Pole about a meter from its original position. By storing ...

Hoover Dam reshaped the Colorado River and powered the Southwest. Nearby Boulder City tells the human story of the families who built the dam.