Georgia is home to the fourth-highest number of dams in the country: over 5,400. These dams dot the state—in backyards, near playgrounds, beside breweries. They are owned by individuals ...

This interactive map shows Middle Georgia dams already considered to be high-hazard (marked with a blue pin), and dams that are awaiting further study because they may be high-hazard (yellow pin).

Tropical Storm Debby may be moving away from the Georgia coast; however, the rain left behind is causing severe flooding, and the threat of a dam near Statesboro failing soon is a growing concern.

ATLANTA — With all of this rain and flooding in Florida, Channel 2 Action News has learned dozens of privately owned Georgia dams are missing critical safety plans to protect residents in case ...

08/11/2021 August 11, 2021. Sturgeon are among the world's most threatened species. A new hydropower project threatens one of their last breeding grounds in Georgia's Rioni River.

At least four dams in Georgia were breached, releasing water as Tropical Storm Debby soaked the state this week. But only one of the dams posed any danger to people and property, according to ...

Roughly nine dams in southeast Georgia have had issues following Debby, but only one, in Screven County, has failed, officials said. Water from that dam failure has also made its way to Bulloch, ...

A federal database cataloging thousands of the region’s larger dams lists 533 of them as being at risk for failure and, if they do fail, causing significant economic loss or death.