Type: Embankment dam Material: Sand and rock Location: Gold mine Age: 30 years Purpose: To contain cyanide and other toxic waste produced at the mine Problem: The dam walls are crumbling, and the ...

A woman is rescued after falling over an embankment near a Westmoreland County dam.

Originally built in 1958, the Priest Rapids Dam is a composite structure with a center-channel spillway and powerhouse and a left and right embankment.

Construction has restarted on the northern embankment of Sanford Dam. The work begins after last week's announcement from the Michigan Supreme Court of its denial to hear Heron Cove Association ...

Wapda has also informed the federal authorities that keeping in view the availability of construction material, geology, topography and seismic survey of the site, a zoned type embankment dam has ...

A driver is in critical condition after his truck left the road and plunged down an embankment to the base of Folsom Dam.

Thousands of Russians are being evacuated from their homes after an embankment dam broke in southeastern Orenburg Region on Saturday, authorities say.

Nearly a year after an earthen spillway near the Irving Dam failed, repairs are about to begin. Contractors were scheduled to start this week. Weather permitting, the repair will take three to ...

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. (AP) — Emergency workers are shoring up an earthen embankment at a hydroelectric dam on the Mohawk River after water began seeping through the structure during flooding from ...

Police looking for driver of truck that crashed down embankment near Lucky Peak Dam The truck, which had previously been reported as stolen, came to rest about 800 feet down a steep, dirt embankment.

A tailings dam is a type of embankment dam, designed to contain mining waste. Melting snow and pounding rain caused the wall of the dam to give way, releasing tons of cyanide into a local stream.