Officials say they are trying to determine what parts of the area are owned by the nonprofit Ward Melville Heritage ...

What happens if the Hoover Dam fails? This engineering marvel has been standing for nearly a century, supplying water and ...

Panamanians have bristled at Trump’s insistence on retaking the American-built canal, which the U.S. turned over in 1999. (CNN, POOL, PRESIDENCIA PANAMA) ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is closely monitoring the Vaal Dam after the dam’s water levels drastically increased from last week’s 24.3% to 46.2% this week. According to the ...

President Joe Biden, announced the approval of a major disaster declaration and ordered federal assistance to bolster response efforts. The Department of Medical Examiner announced it had received ...

“It’s not the same as ‘I’m going to go in with a shovel and clear out the mud from the flood,’” said Patricia McIlreavy, president and CEO of nonprofit Center for Disaster Philanthropy.

These are securities that protect issuers, mostly insurers and governments, from severe losses in the event of a natural disaster by paying out when certain conditions are met. In fact ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is closely monitoring the Vaal Dam after the dam’s water levels drastically increased from last week’s 24.3% to 46.2% this week. According to the ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct a date related to an official visit. We regret the error. On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on ...

They were also lensed distributing food with Spanish chef José Andrés, the founder of the World Central Kitchen, which has been delivering meals throughout the disaster. While praised for their ...

The Disaster Recovery Center will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the next several weeks. Amid the parade of surreal images from the last few days, few have been stranger than this one ...

However, Medog won’t be a conventional dam in the form of one giant wall built to hold water behind it, like Three Gorges or the Hoover Dam. Instead, four 12.4-mile (20-kilometer) tunnels will be ...