The most common cause of dam failures is overtopping where the spillway cannot cope with floodwaters. Reservoir safety may also be challenged by rapid or sustained water level lowering during droughts ...

Hurricane Melissa pummeled areas of the Caribbean already vulnerable to landslides and flash flooding — made worse by decades ...

Images from a helicopter over Black River, a coastal town of 5,000 in southwestern Jamaica, show the extent of the ...

Despite a marginal week-on-week decrease, the Vaal Dam continues to sustain full capacity, with the Integrated Vaal River System remaining stable ahead of the rainy season.

KeNHA has been accused of rerouting runoff water, originally meant to flow alongside the Ol-Kalou–Dundori–Nakuru Highway into ...

Kenyans are questioning the accuracy of the forecast, with the Meteorological Department clarifying that the rainfall is ...

MANZINI, Eswatini (AP) — A group of 10 migrants deported from the United States arrived early Monday in the African nation of Eswatini, authorities there said. They are the latest of more than 40 ...

Millions of people in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic are bracing for the threat of continued coastal flooding as seasonal King Tides, this month’s Supermoon, and relentless onshore winds combine to ...

Rapidly rising waters trapped two hikers in Arizona as flash floods inundated the state. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office got a report of the stranded hikers the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 26, ...

EXCLUSIVE: As the Sept. 30 government funding deadline looms, the Trump administration is warning that millions of Americans could lose flood insurance coverage if Democrats refuse to back a ...

Flash flood warnings were issued by the National Weather Service in Flagstaff on Saturday, Sept. 27. These warnings apply to Coconino County. The National Weather Service warns: "Campers and hikers ...

More than 250 suspected cybercriminals and digital scammers have been arrested across 14 different African nations in a mass operation conducted across the continent by Interpol, the international ...