Recent rainfall has boosted the water levels of the Vaal dam significantly, with plans to fill the dam with water from Sterkfontein dam no longer necessary. Over the past few months, as the Lesotho ...

Due to the coordination and speedy actions of local first responders, residents in areas near the flood line were safely ...

Despite recent improvements in the Vaal Dam’s water levels, a water expert warns that South Africans should continue to ...

Departmental spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, said residents had been informed of the steps taken to prevent further flooding.

Even an inch of flood water can cause $25,000 worth of damage, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). But standard homeowners insurance policies don't cover flooding.

Road users are advised to use alternative routes for the time being, with updates on the affected roads being posted on the official JKR website. The latest floods affect several areas in Kelantan ...

China has approved building a mega dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Tsangpo river, which becomes the Brahmaputra in India. The project might reduce water flow to India and Bangladesh. The dam aims to ...

The dam could trigger flash floods or lead to water scarcity downstream (Representative photo) China will be constructing the world's largest hydropower dam on the eastern rim of the Tibetan ...

Concerns arose in India as the dam besides empowering China to control the water flow, the size and scale of it could also enable Beijing to release large amounts of water flooding border areas in ...

Town leaders deny they did anything wrong. In Phillips, the response to last December’s flooding included dredging part of the South Branch of the Sandy River. Photo by Matt Billian. First came the ...

especially in the historic quarters of flood-prone cities like New Orleans or Charleston, S.C. A century goes by and a beach erodes or a river bend changes course; then the floodwaters arrive.