Thousands are feared dead after a huge earthquake hit Thailand and Myanmar this morning, destroying buildings and sparking fears that dams could collapse, leading to catastrophic flooding.

Since 1950, the number of large dams has climbed from 5,000 to more than 45,000—an average construction rate of two large dams per day for half a century. Globally, 364 large water-transfer ...

The construction of large dams in the Himalayas has historically disrupted river flows, displaced people, destroyed fragile ecosystems and increased risks of floods. The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Dam ...

You're not alone. Large dams all over the world, like the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington, have endangered salmon populations. But these dams also provide a significant chunk of electric power to ...

After the St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928, engineers applied lessons learned to expansive dam projects in the American West. Beginning in the 1930s, large dams were built on important watersheds ...

"We currently have concerns for large-scale dams that people are watching to see the conditions of them," she said. "The bridge that connects Mandalay to Sagaing has collapsed - this will cause ...

Furnas, a regional power utility and Eletrobras subsidiary, owns 39% of the Santo Antônio hydroelectric project and, through its subsidiaries, 40% of the Jirau dams – both large, controversial ...

GENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) - The powerful earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday damaged buildings and public infrastructure and there are concerns for the state of large dams, the Red Cross said ...