Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the ...

Officials say a backcountry dam has reached the end of its life, but locals say the state is treating a wild, undeveloped ...

For decades, engineers have been fighting to prevent a catastrophe at Mosul Dam, a massive structure built across the Tigris River in northern Iraq. The problem is simple—and terrifying. The dam sits ...

Officials have brought in sandbags to help shore up a northwest Michigan dam that is being stressed by high water levels and forecasts for more rain in Northern Michigan. The Bellaire Dam, just ...

To free salmon stuck behind dams in Oregon’s Willamette River Valley, here’s what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has in mind: Build a floating vacuum the size of a football field with enough pumps ...

For several years, officials have periodically been releasing high levels of water from Jordan Lake to submerge dams on the ...

Easton area police negotiators aided by school district staff and Northampton County crisis workers convinced a teen atop a Lehigh River dam structure to return to safety Friday afternoon. Palmer ...

This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri in partnership with Report for America, with major funding ...