Dam and Dike
During the early stages of civilization—when humans followed food resources, hunting and foraging in seasonal movements--the main concern about water was finding it. When people sta...
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Amsterdam (dpa) - Ten-metre-high waves beat the North Sea coast of
the Netherlands overnight, but no major problems were reported by
Friday morning.
The north...
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Amsterdam (dpa) - Ten-metre-high waves beat the North Sea coast of
the Netherlands overnight, but damage caused by the storm remained
limited.
The association...
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Flooding in China's far west has killed 32 people, state media said Thursday, while a central city of 9 million was on high alert as the mighty Yangtze River approached dangerous heights.Heavy rain...
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Students practiced their dances and songs between sandbagging relays outside their performing arts school, where the rising Red River threatened to flood the area."I thought I would get a lot of ex...
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AMSTERDAM, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The Dutch government said on
Friday it would explore new ways of protecting its coastline
from the effects of climate change, including the use of
ground-breaking sens...
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Rescuers raced Saturday to pump water out of two coal mines flooded by a rain-swollen river in eastern China, where 181 miners were missing and feared dead.Water levels were rising, work areas were...
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Hanoi (dpa) - Vietnamese officials, responding to a new United
Nations report warning that climate change threatens the country's
economic development, confirmed Thursday th...
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Dam and Dike
Record high waves, but Dutch dikes pass test
