In her 88 years, Antonia Alves has seen much hardship as a member of Brazil’s indigenous community, whose people have often been driven from their ancestral lands over conflicts with farmers and ...

SOLAI, Kenya (Reuters) - A dam on a Kenyan commercial farm that burst this week, killing at least 45 people, was built illegally, the water resource regulator said on Friday, as police opened an ...

A section of the Bac Khe 1 hydropower dam in Lang Son Province in northern Vietnam burst on Oct. 7, unleashing torrents of water and sparking fears of flooding in nearby villages. The breach occurred ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

Muddy floodwaters from severe rains inundated streets, pushed homes off their foundations, swallowed vehicles and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of residents in towns north of Honolulu on ...

Buck's Pond was reduced to mud this week after its privately owned dam failed, destroying the gravel road over the 94-year-old dam structure. The dam burst around 8 p.m. Monday, sending all of the ...