In August 1975, Super Typhoon Nina unleashed extraordinary rainfall across Henan Province, pushing the Banqiao Dam beyond its limits. When the structure failed, it triggered a catastrophic chain ...

This is the third in a series of stories highlighting the 50th anniversary of the Teton Dam Disaster. Click here to read the first installment.

REXBURG — Don Ellis overlooked the Teton River as he watched a wall of water break through the newly-completed Teton Dam. It was 11:55 a.m. on June 5, 1976, and the local radio personality was ...

LONDON -- A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil's worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a ...

Lord Justice Lewison and Lord Justice Fraser, sitting in the Court of Appeal, reserve judgment on BHP's permission to appeal.

A car and two dogs are on the roof of destroyed houses at the small town of Bento Rodrigues after a dam burst in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, November 6, 2015 [File: Felipe Dana/AP] A judge in the ...

A Brazilian state judge on Tuesday ordered mining giant Vale to pay for all the damage caused by a tailings dam collapse that killed hundreds of people in one of the country's worst industrial ...

BHP has been found legally liable for the collapse of a Brazilian dam which killed 19 people and contaminated vast swathes of rainforest. The High Court in London yesterday ruled that the ...

(Alliance News) - BHP Group Ltd on Friday said the Federal Court of Australia has approved a settlement linked to the Brazilian dam collapse. Early in September, the Melbourne, Australia-based ...

After three torrential storms dumped 10 inches of rain on Northern California in nine days in February 1986, Sacramento’s flood protections were bursting at the seams. Something had to give — and did.