A landslide caused by heavy rains raised fears about the integrity of Lake Tahoma Dam in North Carolina. The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for areas downstream of Lake Tahom...
Read MoreOn January 5th, 2018, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) and the United States Society on Dams (USSD) released the following statement "Oroville Independent Forensic Team Releases F...
Read MoreAbout 70,000 people in northwestern Puerto Rico were ordered to evacuate on Friday, September 21, after Hurricane Maria caused damage to the Guajataca Dam, putting it in the imminent danger of collaps...
Read MoreAs the KPL agency reports, the under construction Nam Ao hydropower dam burst on September 11, 2017, causing serious flooding in the surrounding areas. The 12 MW dam is located in Phaxay distr...
Read MoreCome and visit Hayward Baker at Dam Safety 2017 at J.W. Marriott San Antonio Hill Country, San Antonio, TX, on September 10-14 2017. Dam Safety 2017 is the leading conference in the United States...
Read MoreThe main spillway of Lake Oroville Dam, California, whose major damage in February 2017 threatened the region with flooding and forced 200,000 people to evacuate, is now being demolished. Damage ca...
Read MoreThe dam of San Benito Lake in Paraguay's Itapúa department breached on April 9, 2017, leading to a major flash flooding event, that broke the Graneros del Sur road in two. Authorities said the...
Read MoreThe company is using the drones for topographical measurements regarding the construction of 100 dams in the African country. The construction project is financed by the World Bank and the African...
Read MoreThe Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, just published the reconnaissance report of the 2016 M 5.8 Pawnee, Oklahoma earthq...
Read MoreOn Wednesday, October 12th, a dam broke at the Duke Energy H.F. Lee plant causing one of its cooling ponds to mingle with the floodwater. The dam was damaged by the heavy flooding from Hurricane Ma...
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