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In a photo taken from video released by the Ukrainian Presidential Office, water surges through a break in the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia are both accusing each other of blowing up the dam, which also destroyed an attached hydroelectric power station.

World News

Ukraine blames Russia for blowing up a major southern dam

1:49pm June 06, 2023

by Greg Myre

The surging water from the Kakhovka dam is likely to cause widespread flooding and poses an additional risk to an already troubled nuclear plant. Russia says Ukraine is to blame.

Human Interest

Body Of Last Missing Tuber Found After Deadly Dam Accident

11:00am July 07, 2021

by Associated Press

The body of the last person missing from a North Carolina river accident that killed five people has been found, weeks after a family rode inflatable tubes over a relatively small but dangerous Duk

A road is flooded near the breached Kaupakalua Dam in the Haiku area of the Hawaiian island of Maui on Monday.

National

Hawaii Flooding Prompts Emergency Declaration, Evacuations And Fears Of Dam Failure

3:49pm March 10, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Damage from heavy flooding has prompted Hawaii's governor to declare a state of emergency. On hard-hit Maui, floods damaged homes and overtopped a historical dam, forcing residents to evacuate.

Crowds of people have fled after a dam failed in the Bago region of central Myanmar.

World News

After Dam Failure, Thousands Flee In Myanmar

3:53pm August 29, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Floodwaters are washing over residential areas in central Myanmar, driving whole villages of people from their homes. Authorities are conducting search and rescue operations for trapped people.

Chart: Oroville Dam reservoir storage in 2017 compared to 2000-2016 (in acre feet)

Oroville Dam Reached Capacity Faster Than Previous 16 Years

2:09pm February 17, 2017

The Oroville dam is the tallest in the country and has a capacity of 3,537,577 acre feet. It went over capacity last week causing massive evacuations and bringing attention to its damaged spillways.

The Oroville Dam's main spillway as seen on Feb. 14. Crews working round the clock since Sunday have made progress stabilizing this and another spillway damaged by water.

Oroville Dam Evacuations Lifted As Officials Say Structure Can Withstand Next Storm

11:14am February 15, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

People who live downstream of the Northern California dam were allowed to return to their homes more than two days after the structure's concrete spillways suffered serious water damage.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is under construction near Assosa, Ethiopia. When it's completed, the dam will have be able to produce 6,000 megawatts of electricity, making it the biggest hydroelectric power station in Africa.

World News

Don't Torpedo The Dam, Full Speed Ahead For Ethiopia's Nile Project

10:06am March 26, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Egypt was ready to go to war over Ethiopia's planned Renaissance Dam. A new agreement has ended the tension. But that doesn't mean everyone's a winner.

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