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In the aftermath of the disaster, dam construction laws were tightened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

On the east side, the dam was build atop an ancient landslide of mica schist, a type of rock vulnerable to fracturing that would allow moisture to seep inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Although the reservoir can be accessed via public footpaths, the owners installed barriers to prevent people from walking on the dam face, but these have been removed by trespassers.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Medha Patkar, a prominent social activist, has repeatedly undertaken prolonged hunger strikes to demand fair compensation and rehabilitation for people displaced by big dam projects.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

It was very hot and we stopped under some trees beside a dam that crossed the river.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Arizona, California and Nevada are downstream of the dams; Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico draw their water before it reaches them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

“Of all the dams I have built and of all the dams I have ever seen, it was the driest dam of its size I ever saw in my life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Dr Alan Puttock, from the University of Exeter in Devon, said dams and ponds created by the mammals held water, slowed its flow and provided refuge for wildlife struggling in the parched countryside.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

The animals in the Wyre Forest have built many dams that help to reduce flooding, since moving into the enclosure, including one stretching 30 metres.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

She ran over to one of the new dams and started tearing it apart.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

These lakes are prone to failing because they are precariously dammed by walls made of frozen earth, rocks and ice created by the movement of a glacier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Some Alaskans are evacuating their homes as meltwater escapes a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier - raising fears of record-breaking flooding in the US state's capital city.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025

A creek had been dammed, creating ponds that slowed the flow of water so the surrounding earth had more time to sop it up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

The process dirtied lakes, cut down forests and dammed up rivers.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 8, 2024

This vast stream of life, dammed and muddied, is trying to sweep toward that fulfilment which all of us seek so fondly, but find so impossible to put into words.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

Andrew Law, a sociologist at Newcastle University in the U.K., has used lidar mapping to digitally preserve structures along China’s Yangtze River that were threatened or wiped out by extensive damming.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2025

Habitat destruction, damming, and pollution have decimated local populations, such that many species are in dire need of help.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024

The last major on-stream reservoir project in the state was New Melones Lake, which came online in 1978 with the damming of the Stanislaus River.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

By cutting trees and damming streams, these rodents change the world around them, raising water levels and creating habitats for diverse plants, insects, fish and more.

From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

The impact would have knocked down every structure in the city and collapsed the underground waterways, damming the Uzumark that flows under our feet, and flooding the whole valley.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor