DETROIT — The state of Michigan was cleared of liability Thursday in a disastrous 2020 dam failure that flooded communities, destroyed more than 100 homes and drained a popular lake. Court of Claims ...

High hazard potential means that if the dam failed, there would be an expected loss of life and severe damage to surrounding areas. Michigan regulates 89 types of these high-hazard dams, 10 of which ...

LONDON (AP) — A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil's worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a ...

Whole Beaver Dam Collapse and draining.

DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan was cleared of liability Thursday in a disastrous 2020 dam failure that flooded communities, destroyed more than 100 homes and drained a popular lake. Court of ...

On 13 August, at precisely 5.39pm, the Inyoni tailings storage facility, part of the Dikwena Chrome plant complex at Samancor’s WCM Mine, east of Brits, burst its seams, unleashing a toxic slurry of ...

The compensation agreement with miners Vale (VALE), BHP (BHP), and the Samarco joint venture for the 2015 tailings dam collapse in Mariana has been joined by 19 new cities, including the city that was ...

Nearly 300 people were missing, many feared dead, on Saturday after a dam collapsed at a mine in southeastern Brazil, according to officials and the mine owner, corporate giant Vale. Emergency ...

"3 beaver dams in short channel. Last dam collapsed." ...

With an El Niño winter threatening heavy rain, the State Auditor warns that California’s aging dams “continue to pose a risk ...