Al-Mosmari attributed the catastrophe to the collapse of two nearby dams, causing a lethal flash flood. Since a 2011 uprising that toppled and later killed long-time ruler Moammar Gadhafi ...
A fortnight has elapsed since present-day Libya was hit by devastating floods caused by the collapse of two dams. Photos of towns, reduced to muddy rubble, are hard to look at. They remind me of ...
About 300 people died near the town of Brumadinho in southeastern Brazil on Jan. 25 when the dam collapsed, ranking as the world’s deadliest mining disaster of its type in more than 50 years.