The Department of Water and Sanitation said on Monday that it is closely monitoring rising water levels at the Vaal and ...

forming a 15-mile-long lake behind the dam. Water levels came within 5-feet of overtopping the dam, forcing controlled releases that caused minor flooding downstream. Had the dam been overtopped ...

“They will do everything they can to prevent the dam from overtopping,” said Desiree Tullos, a professor at Oregon State University who studies the Three Gorges project. “An overtopping dam ...