Wisconsin dams are failing more frequently, a new report finds
Wisconsin is seeing more frequent dam failures in another sign that the storms blowing through the s...
Dam and levee breaches
Hurricane Helene victims include young siblings killed by falling tree as they slept
Falling trees and raging floods from Hurricane Helene killed more than 150 people when it struck Flo...
Hurricane Helene’s victims include first responders who died helping others
Falling trees and raging floods from Hurricane Helene killed more than 150 people when it struck Flo...
Torrential rains flood North Carolina mountains and create risk of dam failure
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Days of torrential rains in North Carolina culminating with tropical downpour...
Takeaways from AP’s report on federal policies shielding information about potential dam failures
Thousands of people live downstream from dams yet may not always realize the risks. As the climate c...
Conflicting federal policies may cost residents more on flood insurance, and leave them at risk
Conflicting federal policies may force thousands of residents in flood-prone areas to pay more for f...
Maine denies initial request of Bucksport-area owner to give up dams
State environmental officials on July 30 denied petitions from corporate owners of three Bucksport-a...
Wisconsin governor declares state of emergency for 4 counties, including 1 where flooding hit dam
MANAWA, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency on Friday for four northeastern Wi...
Vermont floods raise concerns about future of state’s hundreds of ageing dams
BOSTON (AP) — The latest flooding in Vermont has added fresh urgency to concerns about the hundreds ...
US would keep more hydropower under agreement with Canada on treaty governing Columbia River
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. and Canada said Thursday they have agreed to update a six-decade-old treaty ...
Residents in Wisconsin community return home after dam breach leads to evacuations
MANAWA, Wis. (AP) — People living downriver of a Wisconsin dam that was breached by floodwaters have...
People evacuated in southeastern Wisconsin community after floodwaters breach dam
MANAWA, Wis. (AP) — A dam in a southeastern Wisconsin community has been breached and people living ...
Worsening floods and deterioration pose threats to US dam safety
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Early last week, floodwater in rural Minnesota pushed debris against a more than ce...
A bridge near a Minnesota dam may collapse. Officials say they can do little to stop it
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rushing waters from the Blue Earth River have already left a trail of debris and ...
What happened to Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam? Here’s what to know about its flooding and partial failure
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The visuals were stunning: water from the Blue Earth River surged around a southe...
River barges break loose in Pittsburgh, causing damage and closing bridges before some go over a dam
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A large group of river barges broke loose and floated down the Ohio River in Pitts...
Evacuation notice lifted in Utah town downstream from cracked dam
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An evacuation notice was lifted Friday for the southern Utah town just downstr...
Water pouring out of rural Utah dam through 60-foot crack, putting nearby town at risk
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot (18-meter...
Emergency federal aid approved for Connecticut following severe flooding
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut is receiving emergency federal aid following severe flooding this...
Conservationists, tribes say deal with Biden administration is a road map to breach Snake River dams
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government said Thursday it plans to spend more than $1 billion over the nex...