Chance of finding survivors ‘minimal’ after tailings dam at iron ore mine bursts Ten bodies have been found and more than 400 people are unaccounted for after a dam operated by the mining firm Vale ...

Families on the North Shore of Oahu woke up before dawn Friday to emergency alerts on their phones telling them to leave their homes immediately. By mid-morning, more than 138,000 people were under ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After three torrential storms dumped 10 inches of rain on Northern California in nine days in February 1986, Sacramento's flood ...

Officials are working to prevent the collapse of the Old Killingly Pond Dam after discovering low water levels and seepage. An emergency drawdown of the pond was ordered to reduce pressure on the dam ...

The collapse of the Teton Dam spilled 80 billion gallons of water into eastern Idaho, killing 11 people and 13,000 head of livestock. Many people were made homeless by the disaster and tens of ...