Tag: Dam and levee breaches
Takeaways from AP's report on federal policies shielding information about potential dam failures
Thousands of people live downstream from dams yet may not always realize the risks. As the climate changes, heavy rains from intense storms...
Conflicting federal policies may cost residents more on flood insurance, and leave them at risk
Conflicting federal policies may force thousands of residents in flood-prone areas to pay more for flood insurance or be left unaware of danger...
US would keep more hydropower under agreement with Canada on treaty governing Columbia River
SEATTLE -- The U.S. and Canada said Thursday they have agreed to update a six-decade-old treaty that governs the use of one of...
Kenya's dramatic flooding sweeps away a central part of the economy: Its farms
MACHAKOS, Kenya -- With dismay, Martha Waema and her husband surveyed their farm that was submerged by weeks of relentless rainfall across Kenya....
North Dakota tribe goes back to its roots with a massive greenhouse operation
BISMARCK, N.D. -- A Native American tribe in North Dakota will soon grow lettuce in a giant greenhouse complex that when fully completed...