Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Tropical Storm Chantal hit Central North Carolina on July 6, it overwhelmed University Lake Dam, sending a torrent of water ...

It’s a sight that usually means California is having a good winter and water supplies are healthy. This week, operators at Oroville Dam, the tallest dam in the United States, which holds back ...

State officials grilled Water Development Office Director Jason Mead last week over ballooning costs and uncertainties dogging three dam projects after he told them one project on the Colorado border ...

Peter Burke sits in the living room of his flood damaged home in the Weatherhill Pointe neighborhood of Carrboro, N.C., on Friday Aug. 15, 2025. Burke is waiting for contractors to install new dry ...