Antwerp, the greatest freight port on the continent of Europe (annual peacetime capacity: 23,500,000 tons), was capable of supplying all the Allied armies in the Low Countries, and it had been ...

THE AFSLUITDIJK, Netherlands (AP) — Rising up in a thin line through the waters separating the provinces of North Holland and Friesland, the 87-year-old Afsluitdijk is one of the low-lying ...

After decades of concern over the drying up of the Aral Sea, one of the world's greatest environmental disasters, a dike is being built to save at least a portion of the sea. Prague, 28 August ...

Apparently, George Will’s attitude about climate change can be summed up in four words: “Let them build dikes.” That seems to be where Will landed with his Nov. 14 Washington Post column ...

After 18 years, a $1.5 billion project has officially been completed to repair a sprawling dike around Florida’s Lake Okeechobee that protects thousands of people from potentially catastrophic ...

Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Monday it failed to obtain stability certificates for at least 17 dams and dikes, as the structures are reviewed following a rupture at a tailings dam at one of its ...

With climate change bringing more powerful storms and rising sea levels , the dike is getting a major makeover. The Dutch government has embarked on a future-proofing project to beef up the iconic ...