China's Three Gorges Dam, a colossal structure towering at over 600 feet and stretching nearly 8,000 feet, is so large it's believed to have slowed Earth's rotation. Yet, Chinese engineers are not ...

Nearly a century later, a 1,000-metre-long spillway has been built - the biggest of its kind in the world, with a higher ...

Despite protests from locals, India is building a giant hydro dam on the Siang River to counter a Chinese dam.

The problem may sound small, but it was huge for aquatic life and fishers on a Tennessee river: A 10-acre island downstream of the Norris Dam was washing away. Hibbs Island, a popular spot for ...

The Vidraru Dam in Romania is 545 feet tall, but daredevil Flaviu Cernescu saw this as an invitation to ride his unicycle along its narrow ledge — watching him will make your palms sweat.

Downstream in Egypt, where the Nile meets the sea, a starkly different picture emerges: The dam is a giant, menacing barrier that could be used to hold back the source of nearly all the country ...

Yet in 2006 the Turkish government officially began work on a giant dam across the Tigris River that will lead to the drowning of an estimated 80 percent of Hasankeyf and the displacement of its ...

Mining giant Vale failed to report problems at a massive tailings dam in Brazil that could have averted its collapse, killing hundreds, a government agency said on Tuesday. The Jan 25 dam breach ...

Bulletin: ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 5 ...

Brazil giant mining corporation Vale SA ... which will build and operate the Belo Monte dam, from Gaia Energia & Participacoes SA. The deal comes less than a month after Vale said it would ...