Recent Dam Safety News

Date News Item Link Category
01/22/2019 City works to repair Fayetteville dam missing since Hurricane Matthew
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
01/15/2019 Embankment near Irving Dam finally set for repairs, almost a year after it failed
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
06/30/2018 Rapidan Dam roiling, upriver property flooding Incidents
06/27/2018 Lake Oroville Spillway Update
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
06/26/2018 Lake at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site being lowered due to dam leak Incidents
06/23/2018 Video: Aerial view of flooding in North Carolina from failing dam
Incidents
Floods
06/21/2018 Break in Rapidan Dam Barrier Causes Upstream Safety Hazard Incidents
06/20/2018 Dams need hundreds of millions in repairs
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
06/20/2018 Flood: Failing Kushiyara dam posing new threat Incidents
06/18/2018 Damaged dam prompts warning to creekside residents near Reno Incidents
06/18/2018 Update: Dam apparently breached in southern Douglas County Incidents
06/18/2018 Potential Wisconsin Dam Breach Prompts Flash Flood Warning
Incidents
Floods
06/16/2018 Regulations complicate repairs to storm-damaged Albemarle dam
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
06/16/2018 No dams labeled ‘unsafe’ but three area considered ‘unsound’ Incidents
06/14/2018 Residents sue Fayetteville to fix hurricane-damaged dams
Incidents
Legal
05/31/2018 Lake Bella Vista's Dam Needs Repairs
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
05/31/2018 New Oroville Dam safety advocacy group launches
Incidents
Other
05/24/2018 Officials: Oroville Dam rebuild is 45 percent complete
Incidents
Dam Modifications/Repairs
05/24/2018 Greenbrier Lake level lowered because of dam problem Incidents
05/23/2018 Kenya dam break kills dozens Incidents