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How a Massive Flood Nearly Erased This Bridge (And Our Dignity)

The storm passed, the flood receded and somehow this half-destroyed bridge is still clinging to life like it’s in denial. We came to film history, but mostly we just filmed ourselves trying not to ...
The race is on to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge after its disastrous collapse. Can engineers fix this vital connection ...
Two publicans say the decision to close an important through-route will have negative financial implications in the run-up to ...
The most common cause of dam failures is overtopping where the spillway cannot cope with floodwaters. Reservoir safety may also be challenged by rapid or sustained water level lowering during droughts ...
This weekend the community will remember its dead on the 100th anniversary of the tragedy. Three academics have warned it ...
The deadly project killed more than 750 workers, the company scrambling to bury the dead before anyone knew they were gone.
DESPITE the destruction that surrounded them, residents of Laughlands, St Ann, remained in high spirit days after the ...
The boats had been anchored near the bridge due to the ongoing cyclone, but the sudden surge in floodwaters caused the ropes ...
A month after historic flooding, cleanup continues in Globe as city leaders push for federal aid, having submitted a FEMA ...
A jury has ruled that multiple failures at "all levels of the prison regime" at a prison contributed to the death of an ...
In the early morning hours of Oct. 20, 1976, the ferry George Prince was making its routine 10‐minute crossing on the ...
A business owner in Penzance has called the planned closure of a swing bridge connecting the town centre to the harbour front a "tragic mistake". Cornwall Council has confirmed Ross Bridge is to be ...