A large pool carved out by opening the sluice gates has eroded the integrity of the wall, which may collapse within the next three years. The foundation of the Kariba Dam wall is eroding and has to be ...

An ambitious project at Kariba Dam will see the building of a temporary coffer dam downstream of the main wall, allowing the deep plunge pool at the base of the Kariba dam to be drained, reshaped ...

In southern Africa, the Kariba Dam has faced challenges associated with aging infrastructure and extreme weather conditions. To address these issues, an AI-powered early warning system was installed.

Ever since 1963 when the Kariba Dam started filling, more than 1 000 tremors of magnitude 4.0 have been experienced.

Why hydropower is failing this nation — and could fail others Warmer temperatures are fueling drought, making it harder for Zambia and other developing nations to generate hydropower.

It destroyed harvests and sent the Zambezi River’s water flows to an historic low. For decades, the Kariba Dam on the River had provided the bulk of electricity consumed in Zambia and Zimbabwe.

At Kariba, the 128-meter-high (420-feet) dam wall is almost completely exposed. A dry, reddish-brown stain near the top marks where the water once reached in better times more than a decade ago.

The 280 kilometre long, man-made Lake Kariba is part of the Kariba Dam, which was built between 1955 and 1959 in the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot (18-meter) crack sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,800 residents of a downstream town.

A Crack in the Dam Logic Well-intentioned as it may have been, it’s now far clearer that there is a crack in the IPCC’s appraisal. For one thing, recent research suggests that hydro-powered dams can ...

HARARE, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The rehabilitation of the Kariba Dam wall is progressing well with works being 67 percent complete, said the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA), a bi-national organization ...