Embankment dam breach analysis encompasses the investigation and modelling of failure mechanisms in earthen structures that retain water. Research in this field addresses both the physical and ...

As thousands of dams across the country have been classified as deficient, the Department of Homeland Security is adding new features to its dam breach simulation software. A new contract signed in ...

BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. (WMBF) – Two state agencies are still at the scene of a second damn breach that forced evacuations in part of Marlboro County. The South Carolina Department of Environmental ...

Due to a potential Waterville Dam break from Hurricane Helene, the downtown area of Newport, Tennessee was ordered to evacuate by Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis. The Waterville Dam, more formally known ...

(CNN) — After water overtopped a reservoir dam and forced residents of a small Illinois city to evacuate Tuesday morning amid fears the structure could rupture, local officials now say the situation ...

MANAWA (WLUK) -- The Manawa Mill Pond will return after the dam breach that occurred earlier this month. A few weeks after the early July storm that caused flash flooding in the city, Manawa is ...

WARRICK COUNTY, Ind. (WEHT) — The Warrick County Surveyor is raising concerns at the possibility of coal waste spilling in Pigeon Creek due to a potential breach at a coal refuse dam just off of ...

A summer bridge crossing the Russian River at Vacation Beach in Guerneville has been closed after part of a seasonal dam failed, the Russian River Recreation and Parks District said Friday. The ...

Officials in southeast Texas believe they may have discovered the cause of a dam breach that caused 30 homes to be evacuated in the nearby area. An eight-inch hole, discovered in the Carter Lake dam ...