Dam disasters of the 1920s made reservoirs safer—now the climate crisis is increasing risk again

One hundred years ago, a catastrophic flood carrying enormous boulders swept through part of Dolgarrog village, north Wales, destroying several homes, a bridge and the local chapel. Ten adults and six ...
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The Deadly Engineering Failures Behind the Surfside Collapse

On June 24, 2021, a portion of Champlain Towers South, a 12-story condominium in Surfside, Florida, near Miami Beach, ...