MISSOURI, USA — Frequent floods are forecast for Missouri's future as the state's dam policies lag behind national standards. The Environmental Protection Agency reports that annual precipitation ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A hard rain was falling on Midland County, Michigan, on May 19, 2020, ...

Over several days, what had been a low-key fishing hole in a far-flung corner of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula disappeared. After heavy rains last June, the wooden stoplogs on a dam that held back the ...

American Rivers reports the most extensive single-year restoration through dam removal in U.S. history, with ecological ...

All eyes are on dams in Michigan as melting snow and rain continue to put pressure on their infrastructure. Flooding has impacted several parts of northern Michigan and most of the Lower Peninsula ...

Hurricane Florence caused significant damage to Boiling Spring Lakes in 2018, leading to the draining of Big Lake and the destruction of several dams. Reconstruction efforts have been delayed due to ...

Grand Rapids — More than five years after heavy rains swept out the Edenville Dam, flooding downriver homes and leaving upriver homeowners without a lakefront, Midland-area residents launched what's ...

Cheboygan residents near the Cheboygan River dam were on standby to evacuate due to dangerously high water levels. Officials implemented a "ready, set, go" warning system as water neared the top of ...

The recent flooding in Waialua has sparked public calls to maintain, upgrade and even remove the Wahiawa Dam built by Waialua Sugar Co. Over its 120-year history, the dam has contributed to flood ...

Editor’s Note: Story was updated Feb. 10 to include comments from landowner David Charles. AU TRAIN, MI — State regulators authorized emergency work this winter to permanently bypass the hydropower ...

Saturday commemorates the 89th anniversary of the Hoover Dam's completed construction, considered by most experts "a modern miracle" and one of the most visited sites in the world. The 726-foot-high ...

As Colorado River negotiations build toward a Feb. 14 deadline, few are talking about design flaws in the dam that holds back Lake Powell. Floyd Dominy, the commissioner of the federal Bureau of ...