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China has begun building a 314-metre (1,030-ft) high dam which will be among the world’s tallest, officials said, as the country massively expands hydropower. The Shuangjiankou dam on a tributary of ...

The second generating unit of the Shuangjiangkou Hydropower Station in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, home to the world's tallest dam, has officially begun commercial operation, achieving the ...

In October 1963, a massive section of mountain collapsed into Italy’s Vajont Reservoir and created a wave that surged over ...

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On the night of 9 October 1963, one of the worst dam-related disasters in European history unfolded in northern Italy. A ...

Amid chronic power outages, Tajikistan has embarked on the revival of a Soviet-era mega-project to build the world's highest dam. First planned in 1976, the Rogun Hydropower Project was abandoned due ...

GIANT cracks have opened in one of the world’s tallest dams, just months after completion. The cracks appeared after a tunnel collapsed on 20 June beneath the 200-metre-high Campos Novos dam in ...