Over 16 months, four dams built between 1903 and 1962 came down as part of a monumental effort to clear 35 river miles in ...

The Altoona Water Authority’s $24.5 million renovation of the Bellwood dam is almost finished, according to authority consulting engineer Mark Glenn of Gwin, Dobson & Foreman. Site work is all that ...

THESE NEIGHBORS SAY IT’S ALL BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR OTHER NEIGHBORS CHOSE TO FILL A STORM DRAIN WITH CEMENT. TONIGHT, THAT NEIGHBOR WAS ORDERED TO FIX THE PROBLEM DURING A HEARING. WESH TWO SENAIT ...

The prolonged dry season, worsened by climate change, has resulted in critically low dam levels, raising concerns about the country’s water supply. According to last week’s state of reservoirs ...

Flood water from an overflowing dam has destroyed thousands of homes in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, with emergency officials fearing the situation could get worse.

The NEMA spokesperson said Borno’s flat ground geology made it easier for water to flow into passage areas in Maiduguri city, adding that the flood began after the Alau Dam overflowed following ...

The collapse of a dam in northeast Nigeria has caused severe flooding, destroying thousands of homes and worsening a dire humanitarian crisis. The flooding in Borno State has affected a million ...

Given how much liquid and soft food particles go down a kitchen sink every day it’s understandable that drain pipes soon become laced and clogged with debris that then sits, festers and then releases ...

Residents have been forced to flee their homes in northeastern Nigeria after severe flooding. The collapse of the Alau dam in the state of Borno caused some of the state’s worst flooding since the ...

On September 13, 1994, about 400,000 persons in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, were displaced by flood caused by the collapse of Alau Dam. With a maximum storage capacity of 112 million meter ...

Borno State Commissioner Tar has issued flood alert in Maiduguri after Alau Dam collapse, recommending urgent evacuations as water levels rise A catastrophic flood has swept through Maiduguri, the ...

This is following the reported overflow of the Alau Dam, which has been at full capacity for the past week. In a statement issued early Tuesday, September 10, Borno State Commissioner for Information ...