Climate Compass on MSNOpinion

The silent failure of America's aging dams

America's dams are currently averaging 64 years old, and most of us don't give them a second thought until something goes ...
The number of dams in the United States at risk of overtopping is increasing, "threatening their structural integrity and downstream communities," according to a new study from Florida. About 250,000 ...
Across the nation, dams are deteriorating while the storms pounding against them grow stronger and more frequent. The result: A growing number of disasters and an unacceptable level of flood risk for ...
While the seven Colorado River Basin states try to reach agreement over how to divvy up diminishing flows in the Colorado River, another crisis lies in the design of Glen Canyon Dam, which is ...
When the Tolt Dam alarm went off in July 2020, Jim Ribail was on Redmond Ridge, but his daughter was at home in Carnation. His daughter called, notifying him of the alarm. After telling her to ...
VASS TOWNSHIP, NC (WTVD) -- By definition, dams are barriers that stop water to create reservoirs and lakes. When they work, they're an integral part of making economies go, but when they fail there ...
MIDLAND, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)— On the fifth anniversary of the catastrophic Edenville Dam failure, residents and their legal representatives gathered to demand accountability from the state of Michigan.
MIDLAND CO., Mich. (WNEM) - Attorney Ven Johnson joined 30 victims of the historic flooding in Gladwin, Midland, and Saginaw counties on the anniversary of the flood, saying the state of Michigan has ...
More than five and a half years after the Edenville Dam collapsed, an 11-day civil bench trial closed Tuesday in the Michigan Court of Claims. Attorney Tom Waun, with Ven Johnson Law, said both he and ...
Five years after the Edenville and Sanford dam failures, opening arguments began Monday in a Michigan Court of Claims civil bench trial, expected to last up to three weeks. With Judge James Redford ...
The two-day International Conference on Dam Safety (ICDS) 2026, which commenced on 13th February 2026 with a high-level inaugural and plenary programme, followed by technical and industrial ...