a significant amount of water has accumulated at the Itaipu dam, north of Puerto Iguazu and the Iguazu Falls. Hence, it was decided to open its floodgates after over a year to protect the safety ...

State officials turned down a request Monday for the release of water from the spillway at Pompton Lakes Dam before this week’s forecast rainstorm. Mayors from four communities downstream of the ...

Officials in the Australian city of Townsville are deliberately flooding several neighbourhoods after record rainfall that has swollen a dam beyond capacity. Residents in and around the north ...