New analysis of the Alaska mine, which was ordered by a federal judge, considers larger releases from potential breaks in the dam planned to hold mining waste.

America's dams are currently averaging 64 years old, and most of us don't give them a second thought until something goes wrong. We drive past them, boat on their reservoirs, and live downstream from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The private owner of a dam in Wahiawa that city officials warned could fail and endanger North Shore residents amid a deluge on ...

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Two major dams in King Count, have done their jobs to protect western Washington state and remained stable Wednesday, despite an intense series of atmospheric river events that breached levees, ...

Abstract: Tailings dams are simple earth-fill embankment dams commonly used to store waste products of mining or other industrial operations in perpetuity. Due to the sheer size, hazardous nature of ...