So much rain fell in the first week of February that California’s largest reservoir, Shasta Lake, near Redding, rose 22 feet.

Nebraska's largest dam, Kingsley Dam on Lake McConaughy near Ogallala, is not in any danger of failure. However, Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation officials say the 90-year-old ...

THEcomplete failure of the Austin dam ... Very significant is the fact that one of the largest breaks in the dam wall occurred along the very lines of these old fractures. Settlement due to ...

Located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it would have twice the power generation of China's Three Gorges and, therefore, be the world's largest hydroelectric plant. The Grand Inga Dam enticed ...

A gigantic hydroelectric project is predicted to provide power for more than 300 million homes when it is completed - but it comes at an eye-watering cost ...

China’s Three Gorges Dam, currently the world’s largest hydroelectric dam, began construction in 1994 and cost around £29 billion over its nine-year build. Situated in Hubei, a central ...

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, which could affect nearby countries. By Tiffany May Isabelle Qian and ...

The dam, the biggest ever conceived, also holds geopolitical risks given its location next to the disputed and heavily militarized China-India border. Indeed, the mammoth dam is being built just ...

China has approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau despite protests over its ecological impact and concerns it could affect ...

China has approved the construction of what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, stoking concerns about displacement of communities in Tibet and environmental impacts downstream in India ...