China called the Banqiao Dam strong enough for a 10,000-year flood. Then Super Typhoon Nina hit in 1975, the dam burst, and 62 more dams collapsed across Henan in a single night. Entire towns were ...

The Three Gorges -- concerns about the project's environmental and human cost endure even as the country prepares a huge hydropower expansion.

India says the proposed new mega-dam could counteract rival China's building of a likely record-breaking dam upstream in Tibet by stockpiling water and guarding ...

China’s most intense storm this year set off damaging flash floods in seven provinces, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes. By John Yoon Heavy rain and flash floods in ...