In May 2020, heavy flooding resulted in the catastrophic failure of the Edenville Dam embankment, sending a wall of water ...

A tailings dam is a type of embankment dam, designed to contain mining waste. Melting snow and pounding rain caused the wall of the dam to give way, releasing tons of cyanide into a local stream.

You've advised the gold-mining company to repair the shoddy dam. They strengthen the walls of the dam and even build them higher to prevent the toxic waste from spilling over the top. But is it ...

The authorities in Mytishchi, near Moscow, swept away the dams from the river Yauza in order to build a new embankment, while also dredging the plants that the beavers feed on, the 360 TV channel ...