American Dams Weren’t Built for Today’s Climate-Charged Rain and Floods October 3, 2024 By Kendra Pierre-Louis and Leslie Kaufman As flooding hammered Appalachia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, residents became intimately familiar with a new norm in the...
Massachusetts to Remove 8 Aging Dams for Water Quality, Flood Mitigation, Safety December 4, 2023 Eight aging dams in central and western Massachusetts will be removed as part of a $25 million initiative announced Friday...
Scores of U.S. Dams in Poor Condition Pose Danger to Thousands November 7, 2019 By David A. Lieb, Michael Casey and Michelle Minkoff On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility...
More Than 200 Kentucky Dams Rated High Hazard March 29, 2011 More than 200 of Kentucky’s 1,000 dams in Kentucky are considered high hazards, which threaten property, people and animals if...