At least 14 people were killed when a decades-old barrier lake burst in Taiwan, government officials said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rain. The lake in ...

A barrier lake overflowed in Hualien County, in Taiwan, flooding the nearby village of Mingli on Thursday, November 13, local news reports said. The Hualien Branch of the Forestry and Natural ...

Ragasa is the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, packing hurricane-force winds of up to 137 mph. Water from the lake in eastern Taiwan caused flooding in surrounding villages. The lake ...

A newly formed barrier lake on the Mataian River (馬太鞍溪) overflowed at about 1pm today, earlier than initially expected, the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency’s Hualien branch said today. The ...

Factbox-What Is the Barrier Lake That Burst in Taiwan During Super Typhoon Ragasa? (Reuters) -A barrier lake in Taiwan's mountainous and sparsely populated east coast county of Hualien burst on ...

RCMP divers have recovered the body of a man missing after the canoe he was riding in capsized on Barrier Lake, also killing his father. Mounties said the body of the 30-year-old Calgary man was found ...

A flood barrier across the mouth of Lake Pontchartrain — a 50-year-old idea to protect New Orleans and communities along the lake's north shore from storm surge during a tropical storm or hurricane — ...

At least 17 people were killed when a decades-old barrier lake burst in Taiwan, government officials said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rain. The lake in ...