Dam disasters of the 1920s made reservoirs safer – now the climate crisis is increasing risk again

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 ...
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How a Bridge Collapse Caused New Zealand’s Worst Train Disaster

On Christmas Eve in 1953, a train in New Zealand plunged into a river after a bridge collapsed beneath it. The Tangiwai disaster remains the country’s worst rail tragedy, claiming dozens of lives.

The story of the 1970 West Gate Bridge disaster features in Melbourne Theatre Company's 2026 season

The people impacted by Australia's worst industrial disaster are at the centre of West Gate by Dennis McIntosh, one of seven ...