The devastation in Texas Hill Country isn't the first time Americans have mourned the victims of deadly floodwaters.

Teton Dam (Idaho), June 5, 1976 Wiping out the small Idaho towns of Teton, Newdale and Sugar City, a 15-foot wave also hit a lumber yard in Rexburg, releasing a deadly tangle of logs.

The Hoover Dam is the most famous such example in North America, and for good reason. Built between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression, the project was truly a feat of engineering for the time.

More than 1,600 American dams have been removed since 1912. In recent years a slew of ambitious removals have been proposed, including a plan to decommission Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River ...

Before a N.C. dam is removed, biologists search for America’s largest salamander Before old mill dams are demolished in the North Carolina mountains, ...

This Dam Break Was One of the Worst Manmade Disasters in American History. It Could Have Been Prevented. When the South Fork dam broke, a Pennsylvania city washed away.