(Natural News) After the Wuhan coronavirus, central China is now facing its worst flooding season in thirty years as torrential rain on Sunday triggered the third flood peak of the Yangtze, the longest river in Asia and the country’s most important waterway. This year’s flooding has already affected 45 million people and caused 86 billion yuan […]

(Natural News) Dams do their job every day with little fanfare, but when one breaks, the results can be devastating. Imagine entire towns being completely washed away and millions of people losing everything they own and being displaced. It sounds like something out of a big-budget Hollywood doomsday film, but for the millions of people […]

(Natural News) The closer Hurricane Florence gets to shore, the more dire the predictions are regarding the Category 4 storm’s potential to cause major, long-term damage to infrastructure in its path. As of Wednesday afternoon, Florence was still several hundred miles off the coast of North and South Carolina, with forecasters saying she could make […]

(Natural News) The green energy “run of river” dams that have been gaining in popularity could have a very serious downside. This type of dam diverts a part of a stream though a set of turbines before feeding it back into the stream downriver. While proponents say this type of hydro project is desirable because […]