In 1975, China’s Banqiao Dam — designed to withstand a “10,000-year flood” — collapsed under the force of Supertyphoon Nina.

The Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine once stood 30 meters high and stretched 3.2 kilometers across the Dnieper River, creating one of ...

Tehran, the capital of Iran, faces a potential Day Zero scenario within two weeks as leaders pledge not to restrict water to industrial users. ● Blatten, the Swiss village destroyed this spring by a ...

Pakistan has a coastline, opening to the Arabian Sea. It even has an embryonic surfing scene, and that’s a worthy story for another time. But historically, the country hasn’t been typically known as a ...

A dam collapse at a Sino Metals copper mine triggered an environmental crisis along a major Zambian waterway in February.

In northwestern Iran, the once-vast expanse of Lake Urmia has shrunk to a fraction of its former size, losing more than 95 ...